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Where does “plural” come from?

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

Ancestry of “plural”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplūrālis—
2Latinplūs—
3Old Latinplous—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-—

Words derived from “plural”

  • pluralizam
  • pluralistički
  • pluralizacija
  • pluralnost
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is- →