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