Where does “lapli” come from?
lapli (Mauritian Creole) comes from French pluie, from Middle French pluye, from Old French pluie, from Vulgar Latin plovia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō.
lapli (Mauritian Creole): rain
Ancestry of “lapli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pluie | rain |
| 2 | Middle French | pluye | rain; rainfall |
| 3 | Old French | pluie | rain |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | plovia | — |
| 5 | Latin | pluvia | rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | pluvius | rainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a... |
| 7 | Latin | pluit | It rains; it is raining |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | plowō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléweti | — |