Etymology

Pluviôse

Today it means: The fifth month of the French Republican Calendar, from January 20, 21 or 22 to February 18, 19 or 20. Full definition →

French pluviôse ← Latin pluviōsus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompluviōsus“rainy”
  2. French · borrowed frompluviôse
  3. English todayPluviôse

Borrowed from French pluviôse, from Latin pluviōsus (“rainy”).

Words from the same roots

Latinpluviōsus all →

pluvious

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.