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Where does “piviere” come from?

piviere (Italian) comes from French pluvier, from Old French plovier, from Latin pluviārius, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

piviere (Italian): plover; parish

Definitions

  1. plover; parish

Ancestry of “piviere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpluvierplover
2Old Frenchplovierplover
3Latinpluviārius—
4Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
5Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
6LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
7Proto-Italicplowō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—
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