Where does “plumaço” come from?

plumaço (Portuguese) comes from Latin plumacium, from Latin plūma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European plúnksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k-, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

plumaço (Portuguese): panache, hackle used in horses

Definitions

  1. panache, hackle used in horses

Ancestry of “plumaço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinplumaciumA feather pillow; a down pillow
2Latinplūmafeather, plume
3Proto-Italicplouksmā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplúnksneh₂feather
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplú-n-k-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →