Where does “plume” come from?

plume (Old French) comes from Latin plūma, 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 (Old French): feather; plume

Definitions

  1. feather; plume

Ancestry of “plume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplūmafeather, plume
2Proto-Italicplouksmā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplúnksneh₂feather
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplú-n-k-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

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- →