Pluviosity
/ˌpluː.viˈɒs.ə.ti/noun
The quality or degree of being rainy, especially the amount or frequency of rainfall in a place or period.
Did you know?Its ancestry reaches back to Latin pluere, “to rain,” from the same ancient flow-related root that produced English words such as “flood” and “float.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pleu-
“To flow; a reconstructed root associated with flowing or moving water.”
Classical Latin
Latin
pluere
“To rain.”
Classical Latin
Latin
pluvia
“Rain or rainfall.”
Late Latin
Latin
pluviosus
“Rainy or full of rain.”
19th Century
English
pluviosity
“Raininess; the degree or character of rainfall.”
Modern English
English
pluviosity
“The amount or frequency of rain characteristic of a place or period.”