Where does “plume” come from?

plume (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman plume, from Latin pluma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European plúnksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k-, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

plume (Middle English): feather; plumage

Definitions

  1. feather; plumage

Ancestry of “plume”, step by step

plume traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Anglo-Norman plume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanplumefeather; plume
2Latinplumafeather, plume; metal scale of armor; beard-down
3Proto-Italicplouksmā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplúnksneh₂feather
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplú-n-k-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Anglo-Norman plum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanplumlead", "sounding lead

Words derived from “plume”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k- →