pluma
Latin
noun
Definitions
- feather, plume
- (by extension) metal scale of armor
- beard-down
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *plouksmā inherited from Proto-Indo-European *plúnksneh₂.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*plúnksneh₂
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- plumicorn English
- plumigerous English
- gero Latin
- plumifer Latin
- plumiger Latin
- pluimage Dutch, Flemish
- plume French
- plumier French
- plumier Spanish, Castilian
- *plúnksneh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- plumieră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- plumage Middle French
- *plouksmā Proto-Italic
- *plow(k)smā Proto-Italic
- plunksna Lithuanian