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Where does “plural” come from?

plural (French) comes from Latin plūrālis, from Latin plūs, from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-.

plural (French): plural, large

Definitions

  1. plural, large

Ancestry of “plural”, step by step

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