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Where does “pluvier” come from?

pluvier (French) comes from Old French plovier, from Latin pluviārius, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

pluvier (French): plover

Definitions

  1. plover

Ancestry of “pluvier”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pluvier”

  • piviere
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →