Where does “plūs” come from?

plūs (Latin) comes from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-.

plūs (Latin): more; more of

Definitions

  1. more; more of

Ancestry of “plūs”, step by step

plūs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Latin plous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Latinplous
2Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-

via Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “plūs

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-Every word from Old Latin plous