Where does “lapli” come from?
lapli (Haitian Creole) comes from French pluie, 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.
lapli (Haitian Creole): rain
Definitions
- rain
Ancestry of “lapli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pluie | rain |
| 2 | Middle French | pluye | rain; rainfall |
| 3 | Old French | pluie | rain |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | plovia | — |
| 5 | Latin | pluvia | rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | pluvius | rainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a... |
| 7 | Latin | pluit | It rains; it is raining |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | plowō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléweti | — |