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Where does “chuvia” come from?

chuvia (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

chuvia (Old Portuguese): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “chuvia”, step by step

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

Words derived from “chuvia”

  • chubasco
  • chubasco
  • chuvisco
  • chuva
  • chavasco
  • chuvasco
  • guarda-chuva
  • chuvasco
  • chuvia
  • chubascu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →