Where does “pluie” come from?

pluie (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin plovia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

pluie (Old French): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “pluie”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pluie

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