Where does “pleuviner” come from?

pleuviner (French) comes from French pleuvoir, from Old French plovoir, from Old French pluveir, from Latin plovit, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

pleuviner (French): to drizzle

Definitions

  1. to drizzle

Ancestry of “pleuviner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpleuvoirto rain
2Old Frenchplovoirto rain
3Old Frenchpluveir—
4Latinplovit—
5LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
6Proto-Italicplowō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →Every word from Proto-Italic plowō →Every word from Latin pluit →