Pluviate
/ˈpluː.vi.eɪt/noun
To rain or cause rain to fall; a rare or obsolete verb.
Did you know?Pluviate belongs to the same ancient word family as Latin pluvia, “rain,” the source of scientific terms such as pluvial and pluviometer.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pleu-
“To flow, swim, or move through water; the reconstructed root associated with later rain and water words.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
πλέω (pléō)
“To sail or float, preserving the root’s connection with movement across water.”
Classical Latin
Latin
pluvia
“Rain, especially rainfall from the sky.”
Late Latin
Latin
pluviāre
“To rain; formed from the Latin rain-stem pluvi-.”
19th Century
English
pluviate
“To rain or produce rain; a rare English formation using the Latin-derived pluvi- stem and the verb-forming suffix -ate.”
Modern English
English
pluviate
“A rare or obsolete verb meaning to rain or cause rain to fall.”