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Where does “pluviosus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pluviosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
2Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
3LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
4Proto-Italicplowō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—
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