Where does “plumaro” come from?
plumaro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto plumo, from English Plume, from French plume, from Italian piuma, from Spanish pluma, from Latin plūma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European plúnksneh₂ — to fly, flow, run.
plumaro (Esperanto): plumage
Definitions
- plumage
Ancestry of “plumaro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | plumo | feather; pen |
| 2 | English | Plume | A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration |
| 3 | French | plume | feather; quill; nib, the writing end of a... |
| 4 | Italian | piuma | feather, plume; down; plumage |
| 5 | Spanish | pluma | feather; pen, fountain pen; ballpoint pen |
| 6 | Latin | plūma | feather, plume |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plouksmā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plúnksneh₂ | feather |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plú-n-k- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |