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

Plo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German plāge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanplāge
2Latinplāgaplague, misfortune
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

via Proto-Katuic *pləə

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Katuic*pləə
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐοςEvery word from Ancient Greek πλάγιος
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