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Where does “plumatra” come from?

plumatra (Ido) comes from Ido plumo, from Esperanto plumo, from English Plume, from French plume, from Italian piuma, from Spanish pluma, from Latin plūma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā — to fly, flow, run.

plumatra (Ido): featherlike, pinnate, plumate, plumose

Definitions

  1. featherlike, pinnate, plumate, plumose

Ancestry of “plumatra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idoplumofeather, plume; quill; quill , pen
2Esperantoplumofeather; pen
3EnglishPlume—
4Frenchplumefeather; quill; nib, the writing end of a...
5Italianpiumafeather, plume; down; plumage
6Spanishplumafeather; pen, fountain pen; ballpoint pen
7Latinplūma—
8Proto-Italicplouksmā—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplúnksneh₂feather
10Proto-Indo-Europeanplú-n-k-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
12Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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