Where does “plus” come from?

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

plus (Latin): more; more of

Definitions

  1. more; more of

Ancestry of “plus”, step by step

plus 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 “plus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-