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Where does “Plo” come from?

Plo (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German plāge, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Plo (Luxembourgish): plague, infestation; nuisance, annoyance, pest

Definitions

  1. plague, infestation; nuisance, annoyance, pest

Ancestry of “Plo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanplāge—
2Latinplāga—
3Latinplagius—
4Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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