Where does “plural” come from?

plural (Romanian) comes from Latin plūrālis, from Latin plūs, from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-.

plural (Romanian): plural

Definitions

  1. plural

Ancestry of “plural”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplūrālisplural
2Latinplūsmore; more of
3Old Latinplous—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is- →Every word from Old Latin plous →Every word from Latin plūs →