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Where does “pluvia” come from?

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

pluvia (Latin): rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...

Definitions

  1. rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...

Ancestry of “pluvia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
2LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
3Proto-Italicplowō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—

Words derived from “pluvia”

  • plover
  • pluvial
  • Pluviôse
  • interpluvial
  • pluvious
  • chubasco
  • ploverlike
  • white-crowned plover
  • equipluve
  • antipluvial
  • nonpluvial
  • ploverness
  • pluviosus
  • pluviatilis
  • pluviaticus
  • pluvialis
  • plovia
  • plovo
  • pluvioso
  • llover
  • pluvioso
  • pluvial
  • chubasco
  • lloviznar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →