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Where does “plovoir” come from?

plovoir (Old French) comes from Old French pluveir, from Latin plovit, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

plovoir (Old French): to rain

Definitions

  1. to rain

Ancestry of “plovoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpluveir—
2Latinplovit—
3LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
4Proto-Italicplowō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—

Words derived from “plovoir”

  • pleuvoir
  • repleuvoir
  • pliôre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →