Where does “chuva” come from?

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

chuva (Portuguese): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “chuva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesechuviarain
2Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
3Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
4LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
5Proto-Italicplowō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—

Words derived from “chuva”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →Every word from Proto-Italic plowō →Every word from Latin pluit →