Reconstruction:Latin/plovere
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From or a collateral form of Classical pluere.
Excluding the attestation below, first attested in Old French as pluveir.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*plovere (Proto-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Several descendants reflect */ploˈβere/, with a change in verb class.
The form plovēbat (“it was raining”) is attested once. It is ambiguous between */ˈplɔβere/ and */ploˈβere/.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
References
[edit]- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “plŭĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 82