English
pluviometry
Pluviometry comes from Latin pluvius ‘rain’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to flow, float, wash’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plew-‘to flow, float, wash’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plowōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpluit‘to rain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpluvius‘rain’
- Englishtodaypluviometry
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plew-‘to flow, float, wash’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plowōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpluit‘to rain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpluvius‘rain’
- Englishtodaypluviometry
Formed from -metry
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to flow, float, wash’
fly, flow, flew, pneumonia, fowl, plutonium, plough, flue, flay, plutocracy, 24 more
through Latin pluvius ‘rain’
Today it means
noun The scientific measurement of rainfall.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *plew- / pluviometry