Where does “ploiță” come from?

ploiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian ploaie, from Vulgar Latin plovia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

ploiță (Romanian): a light rainshower

Definitions

  1. a light rainshower

Ancestry of “ploiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianploaierain
2Vulgar Latinplovia—
3Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
4Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
5LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
6Proto-Italicplowō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →Every word from Proto-Italic plowō →Every word from Latin pluit →