plutonic · adjective1
See Plutonic.
plutonic · adjective2
From pluton(ium) + -ic.
Plutonic · adjective3
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*plew-“to fly; to flow; to run”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΠλούτων“Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”
- English todayPlutonic
From Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”) (from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “riches, wealth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly; to flow; to run”)) + -ων (-ōn)) + -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). The English word is cognate with Middle French plutonique (modern French plutonique (“of or pertaining to Pluto, the underworld, or the interior of the Earth”)).
Words from the same roots
Ancient GreekΠλούτων all →
Plouton
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.