Where does “plouve” come from?

plouve (Walloon) comes from Old French pluie, from Vulgar Latin plovia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

plouve (Walloon): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “plouve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpluierain
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 pléwetiEvery word from Proto-Italic plowōEvery word from Latin pluit
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