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 pléweti →Every word from Proto-Italic plowō →Every word from Latin pluit →