Etymograph

English

plurisy

Plurisy comes from Proto-Italic *plēōs ‘more’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-1‘to fill’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pléh₁-yōs1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēōs2‘more’reconstructed
  4. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEplous2
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplūs3as plures
  6. Englishtodayplurisy3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *plēōs
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin plus
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English plurisy

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *plēōs‘to fill’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pléh₁-yōsWiktionary, Proto-Italic *plēōsreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēōsWiktionary, Latin plus‘more’reconstructed
  4. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEplousWiktionary, Latin plus
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplūsWiktionary, English plurisyas plures
  6. EnglishtodayplurisyWiktionary, English plurisy

Formed from plures + -isy

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’

people, public, full, popular, complete, fill, supply, plenty, poll, folk, plain, completion, implement, supplement, manipulation, comply, accomplish, complement, ample, surplus, amplitude, plethora, depletion, amplify, plenary, replete, replenish, plenum, volk, deplete, plebs, puri, plebeian, fulsome, 72 more

through Latin plūs

plus, plurality, plural, 2 more

Today it means

noun superabundance, excess, plethora

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “plurisy”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Italic *plēōs, Latin plus. 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 *pleh₁- / plurisy

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