Reconstruction:Latin/plovit

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From or a collateral form of pluit. The imperfect is attested once as plovēbat.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈplɔβet/

Verb

*plovit (present infinitive *plovere, perfect active *plovuit, supine *plovūtum); third conjugation, impersonal

(Proto-Romance) rain

Reconstruction notes

Many descendants reflect a later change in conjugation from *plovĕre to *plovēre.

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: ploae, ploai
- Romanian: ploua
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: piova
- Italian: piovere
- Neapolitan: chiòve
- Sicilian: ghioviri
North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Ligurian: cêuve
  - Lombard: pieuv
  - Piedmontese: pieuve
- Friulian: plovi
- Ladin: plovei
- Romansch: plover, plouver, plaver
- Venetian: pióvar
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: plôvre, plovêr
- Oïl:
  - Norman: pliôre
  - Old French: plovoir, pluveir; plover
    - French: pleuvoir
  - Walloon: ploure
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: ploure
- Gascon: plàver, plòver, plòger, plòir, plever, pleure
- Occitan: plòure (all dialects)
  Auvergnat: pleure
  Limousin: pleure
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: pleber
  Ribagorçan: plloure, pllober
- Asturian: llover, ḷḷover, chover (western)
- Leonese: ḷḷover, chovere
- Old Portuguese: chover
  - Galician: chover
  - Portuguese: chover (see there for further descendants)
- Spanish: llover
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian:
  Campidanese: prori, proi
  Logudorese: proghere, proere, pioghere, pioere
  Nuorese: proghere, proere, cioere

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “plŭĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 82