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Where does “pluit” come from?

pluit (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

pluit (Latin): It rains; it is raining

Definitions

  1. It rains; it is raining

Ancestry of “pluit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicplowō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—

Words derived from “pluit”

  • plover
  • pluvial
  • impluvium
  • pluviometric
  • compluvium
  • pluviometer
  • pluviometry
  • Pluviôse
  • interpluvial
  • pluvious
  • chubasco
  • ploverlike
  • white-crowned plover
  • equipluve
  • pluvio-
  • antipluvial
  • pluviometrically
  • nonpluvial
  • pluviophile
  • ploverness
  • compluor
  • pluviosus
  • pluviatilis
  • pluviaticus
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