Where does “pluma de indio” come from?
pluma de indio (Spanish) comes from Spanish indio, from Spanish índigo, from Latin indicum, from Latin Indicus, from Ancient Greek ἰνδικός, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁.
pluma de indio (Spanish): Any of several species of bromeliad in the genus...
Definitions
- Any of several species of bromeliad in the genus...
Ancestry of “pluma de indio”, step by step
pluma de indio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish indio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | indio | Indian; Indian, Native American; Spanish colonial... |
| 2 | Spanish | índigo | indigo; indigo plant |
| 3 | Latin | indicum | genitive plural of index; inflection of... |
| 4 | Latin | Indicus | of India |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἰνδικός | Indian, Indic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδία | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδός | an inhabitant of India or the Indian... |
| 8 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | India; people living beyond the Indus |
| 9 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु | a river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | síndʰuṣ | river, ocean; flow |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | síndʰuš | river, stream |
| 12 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु॑ | — |
via Spanish pluma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | pluma | feather; pen, fountain pen; ballpoint pen |
| 2 | Latin | plūma | feather, plume |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | plouksmā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plúnksneh₂ | feather |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | plú-n-k- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |