Etymograph

English

impluvium

Impluvium comes from Latin impluvium ‘a rectangular courtyard basin or pool into…’, from impluit ‘rains upon’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to fly, flow, run’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plew-‘to fly, flow, run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pléwetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plowōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpluit‘rains’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpluit‘rains upon’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpluvium‘a rectangular courtyard basin or pool into which rain water is collected by a compluvium…’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plew-‘to fly, flow, run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pléwetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plowōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpluit‘rains’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpluit‘rains upon’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpluvium‘a rectangular courtyard basin or pool into which rain water is collected by a compluvium…’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to fly, flow, run’

fly, flow, flew, pneumonia, fowl, plough, plutonium, flue, flay, plutocracy, 24 more

through Latin pluit ‘rains’

plover, 7 more

Today it means

noun A low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from the roof through the compluvium.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *plew- / impluvium

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