English
plus
Plus is borrowed from Latin plūs ‘more’, from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Italic *plēōs.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēōsreconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEplous
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplūs‘more’
- Englishearliest quotation 1920plus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēōsreconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEplous
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplūs‘more’
- Englishearliest quotation 1920plus
Earliest quotation: 1920, The Current Business Cyclopedia: Busines: “Good will is also secured by plussing the original…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
people, public, full, popular, complete, fill, supply, plenty, poll, folk, plain, completion, implement, accomplish, manipulation, supplement, comply, complement, ample, amplitude, plethora, depletion, amplify, plenary, replenish, puri, replete, volk, plenum, deplete, plebs, plebeian, fulsome, 74 more
through Latin plūs ‘more’
Today it means
prep And; sum of the previous one and the following one.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *plēōs / plus