Pluvial
/ˈpluː.vi.əl/noun
Relating to rain or a period of unusually heavy rainfall.
Did you know?*Pluvial* comes from Latin *pluvia* for “rain,” and it shares a deep Indo-European root with words like *plunge* and *plover*, all tied to the old idea of flowing or moving through water.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pleu-
“to flow, swim, or drift”
Latin
Latin
pluvia
“rain”
Late Latin
Latin
pluvialis
“rainy, of rain”
Middle French
French
pluvial
“rainy; relating to rain”
16th Century
English
pluvial
“rainy; pertaining to rain”