Where does “plie” come from?
plie (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.
plie (Middle English): to bend, fold, mould, shape; to be flexible; to...
Definitions
- to bend, fold, mould, shape; to be flexible; to...
Ancestry of “plie”, step by step
plie traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French ploier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
via Old French plaier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | plaier | to wound |
| 2 | Old French | plaie | wound |
| 3 | Latin | plāga | plague, misfortune |
| 4 | Latin | plagius | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλάγιος | placed sideways, slanting, aslant |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |