Where does “plusmarquista” come from?

plusmarquista (Spanish) comes from Catalan plusmarca, from Latin -plus, from Latin plicāre, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

plusmarquista (Spanish): record holder

Definitions

  1. record holder

Ancestry of “plusmarquista”, step by step

plusmarquista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan plusmarca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanplusmarcarecord
2Latin-plus-fold
3Latinplicāre
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Spanish plusmarca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishplusmarcarecord
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-Every word from Latin -plus