English
Plouton
Plouton comes from Ancient Greek Πλούτων, from πλοῦτος ‘riches’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to sail, flow’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plew-‘to sail, flow’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pléwō‘to sail’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλέωpléō‘to float, sail’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλοῦτος‘riches’root of πλέω
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΠλούτωνPloútōn
- Englishearliest quotation 1871Plouton
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plew-‘to sail, flow’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pléwō‘to sail’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλέωpléō‘to float, sail’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλοῦτος‘riches’root of πλέω
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΠλούτωνPloútōn
- Englishearliest quotation 1871Plouton
Earliest quotation: 1871, Robert Browning, Balaustion’s Adventure: Including a Transcript from Euripide: “But were the tongue and tune of Orpheus mine,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to sail, flow’
fly, flow, flew, pneumonia, fowl, flue, flay, plough, plover, 25 more
through Ancient Greek πλοῦτος ‘riches’
Today it means
name Synonym of Pluto (“the Greco-Roman god of the underworld”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *plew- / Plouton