Etymology

plumelet

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Today it means: A small plume. Full definition →

English plume ← Middle English plume ← Anglo-Norman plume
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*plewk-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*plewk-smeh₂
  4. Proto-Italic*plouksmā
  5. Latinplūma
  6. Anglo-Normanplume
  7. Middle Englishplume
  8. Englishplume
  9. English todayplumelet

From plume + -let.

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