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Where does “plumo” come from?

plumo (Esperanto) comes from English Plume, from French plume, from Italian piuma, from Spanish pluma, from Latin plūma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European plúnksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k- — to fly, flow, run.

plumo (Esperanto): feather; pen

Definitions

  1. feather; pen

Ancestry of “plumo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPlume—
2Frenchplumefeather; quill; nib, the writing end of a...
3Italianpiumafeather, plume; down; plumage
4Spanishplumafeather; pen, fountain pen; ballpoint pen
5Latinplūma—
6Proto-Italicplouksmā—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplúnksneh₂feather
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplú-n-k-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
10Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “plumo”

  • plumingo
  • plumaro
  • fontoplumo
  • desplumizar
  • plumizar
  • plumolito
  • fontenoplumo
  • plumiero
  • plumatra
  • plumaro
  • plumo
  • plumostroko
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