Where does “pluvial” come from?
pluvial (Old French) comes from Latin pluvialis, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.
Ancestry of “pluvial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pluvialis | Of or pertaining to rain; rainy, bringing rain |
| 2 | Latin | pluvia | rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | pluvius | rainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a... |
| 4 | Latin | pluit | It rains; it is raining |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | plowō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pléweti | — |