Where does “ploier” come from?

ploier (Old French) comes 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 “ploier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianploaierain
2Vulgar Latinplovia
3Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
4Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
5LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
6Proto-Italicplowō
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti

Words derived from “ploier

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléwetiEvery word from Proto-Italic plowōEvery word from Latin pluit