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Where does “plusnapa” come from?

plusnapa (Finnish) comes from Finnish plus, from Latin plūs, from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-.

plusnapa (Finnish): positive terminal, cathode; positive terminal,...

Definitions

  1. positive terminal, cathode; positive terminal,...

Ancestry of “plusnapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishplusplus
2Latinplūs—
3Old Latinplous—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is- →