pluriel (French)
Where does "pluriel" come from?
French pluriel ultimately comes from Latin plūrālis, meaning “of more than one.” It first entered Old French as forms like plurer/plurier (also plurel), and later French reshaped the word to align more closely with its Latin source. Throughout this journey, the core sense stayed stable: describing the plural (as opposed to singular).
Full etymology tree
- pluriel (French), 'plural'
- derived from plurer (Old French), 'alternative form of plorer'
- borrowed from plūrālis (Latin), 'plural (pertaining to more than one)'
- derived from plurer (Old French), 'alternative form of plorer'
Updated March 2026
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