Where does “pli” come from?

pli (Mauritian Creole) comes from French plus, from Old French plus, from Latin plūs, from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-.

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Ancestry of “pli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplusmore, -er; more; the most, -est
2Old Frenchplusmore than
3Latinplūsmore; more of
4Old Latinplous—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is- →Every word from Old Latin plous →Every word from Latin plūs →
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