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Where does “plizyè” come from?

plizyè (Haitian Creole) comes from French plusieurs, from Old French plusors, from Latin plūsiōres, from Latin plūriōres, from Latin plures — nominative masculine plural of plūs; nominative...

plizyè (Haitian Creole): many, several

Definitions

  1. many, several

Ancestry of “plizyè”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplusieursseveral, many, a lot
2Old Frenchplusorsmany, a lot, lots; many; many people
3Latinplūsiōres—
4Latinplūriōres—
5Latinpluresnominative masculine plural of plūs; nominative...
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