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Where does “pluvi” come from?

pluvi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto pluvo, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

pluvi (Esperanto): to rain

Definitions

  1. to rain

Ancestry of “pluvi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopluvorain
2Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
3Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
4LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
5Proto-Italicplowō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—
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