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Where does “plerusque” come from?

plerusque (Latin) comes from Latin -que, from Proto-Italic -kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

plerusque (Latin): most, very many, most of, the greater larger...

Definitions

  1. most, very many, most of, the greater larger...

Ancestry of “plerusque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-queand, a copulative particle affixed to the word it...
2Proto-Italic-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
3Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “plerusque”

  • plerumque
  • pleraque
  • plerique
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