Where does “pluie” come from?

pluie (French) comes from Middle French pluye, from Old French pluie, from Vulgar Latin plovia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

pluie (French): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “pluie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpluyerain; rainfall
2Old Frenchpluierain
3Vulgar Latinplovia—
4Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
5Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
6LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
7Proto-Italicplowō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—

Words derived from “pluie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →Every word from Proto-Italic plowō →Every word from Latin pluit →