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Where does “plus” come from?

plus (Old Occitan) comes from Latin plūs, from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-.

plus (Old Occitan): more

Definitions

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Ancestry of “plus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplūs—
2Old Latinplous—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-—

Words derived from “plus”

  • pus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is- →