Where does “chuvisca” come from?

chuvisca (Galician) comes from Galician chuvia, from Old Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

chuvisca (Galician): drizzle

Definitions

  1. drizzle

Ancestry of “chuvisca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianchuviarain
2Old Portuguesechuviarain
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléwetiEvery word from Proto-Italic plowōEvery word from Latin pluit
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