Where does “pi” come from?

pi (Haitian Creole) comes from French plus, from Old French plus, from Latin plūs, from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-.

pi (Haitian Creole): used to express the comparative of a following adjective or adverb

Definitions

  1. used to express the comparative of a following adjective or adverb

Ancestry of “pi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplusmore, -er; more; the most, -est
2Old Frenchplusmore than
3Latinplūsmore; more of
4Old Latinplous—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is- →
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