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Where does “lluuia” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lluuia”, 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 “lluuia”

  • antilluvia
  • lluvia
  • lluvioso
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →