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Where does “pliure” come from?

pliure (French) comes from French plier, from Latin plicō, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

pliure (French): a folding

Definitions

  1. a folding

Ancestry of “pliure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplierto fold; to fold up; to bend
2Latinplicō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
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