Etymograph

English

chubasco

Chubasco comes from Spanish chubasco ‘downpour’, from Portuguese chuva ‘rain’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to flow, float, wash’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plew-1‘to flow, float, wash’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plowō1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpluit2‘to rain’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpluvius3‘rainy’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpluvia4‘rain’
  6. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500chuvia5
  7. Portuguesec. 1500–presentchuva4‘rain’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentchubasco4‘downpour’
  9. Englishtodaychubasco4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin pluit
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin pluvius
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin pluvia
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English chubasco
  5. 5 Wiktionary, Portuguese chuva

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plew-Wiktionary, Latin pluit‘to flow, float, wash’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plowōWiktionary, Latin pluitreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpluitWiktionary, Latin pluvius‘to rain’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpluviusWiktionary, Latin pluvia‘rainy’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpluviaWiktionary, English chubasco‘rain’
  6. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500chuviaWiktionary, Portuguese chuva
  7. Portuguesec. 1500–presentchuvaWiktionary, English chubasco‘rain’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentchubascoWiktionary, English chubasco‘downpour’
  9. EnglishtodaychubascoWiktionary, English chubasco

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to flow, float, wash’

fly, flow, flew, pneumonia, plutonium, plough, fowl, flue, flay, plutocracy, 24 more

through Latin pluvia ‘rain’

plover, 4 more

Today it means

noun A violent squall with thunder and lightning, encountered during the rainy season along the Pacific coast of Central America and South America.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “chubasco”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin pluit, Latin pluvius, Latin pluvia, Portuguese chuva. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *plew- / chubasco

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