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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/plēōs

This Proto-Italic 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.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-yōs, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (to fill; much, many).[1]

Adjective

*plēōs

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Inflection

Descendants

  • Old Latin: pleores (nominative plural)

References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “plūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 475-6
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