Where does “plumostroko” come from?
plumostroko (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.
plumostroko (Ido): penstroke
Ancestry of “plumostroko”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ido | plumo | feather, plume; quill; quill , pen |
| 2 | Esperanto | plumo | feather; pen |
| 3 | English | Plume | — |
| 4 | French | plume | feather; quill; nib, the writing end of a... |
| 5 | Italian | piuma | feather, plume; down; plumage |
| 6 | Spanish | pluma | feather; pen, fountain pen; ballpoint pen |
| 7 | Latin | plūma | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | plouksmā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plúnksneh₂ | feather |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | plú-n-k- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |