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lleno (Adjective) "full" 12th cent. From Latin plenus 'id.' From a fossilized verb in Proto-Italic *plē- "to fill." From *pleh₁- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Asturian llenu, Portuguese cheio, Galician cheo, Catalan ple, French plein, Italian pieno, Aromanian plin, Romanian plin, Sardinian pienu Italic Umbrian pleno "fullness" Celtic Gaulish Urido-lanos (name) "full of justice," Old Irish lán "full," Middle Welsh llawn 'id.,' Old Breton -lon 'id.,' Cornish luen 'id.' Germanic Gothic fulls "full," Old Norse fullr 'id.,' Old High German fol 'id.,' Old Saxon full 'id.,' English full Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic plъnъ "full," Russian pólnyj 'id.,' Czech plný 'id.,' Polish peɫny 'id.,' Bulgarian pắlen 'id.,' Lithuanian pìlnas 'id.,' Latvian pil̃ns 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek πλήρης (pléres) "full" Armenian Armenian lnow- "to fill" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit pr̥ṇā́ti "to fill," Old Avestan pərənā "you fulfill" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
llevar (Verb) "to carry;" "to wear" 10th cent. Old Spanish levar. From Latin levare "to raise," from levis "light" (see leve). Indo-European Romance Portuguese levar,, Catalan llevar, French lever, Italian levare, Aromanian ljeau, Romanian lua, Sardinian leài The present tense stem was liev-, which became llev-. Ll- then replaced li- in all other conjugal forms of the verb by analogy. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
llorar (Verb) "to cry" 12th cent. From Latin plorare "to cry," "to lament." Of unknown origin. Indo-European Romance Portuguese chorar, Galician chorar, Catalan plorar, French pleurer, Italian piorare Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
llover (Verb) "to rain" 14th cent. From Vulgar Latin *plovere 'id.' From Proto-Italic *plow-e/o- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *pleu̯-e/o- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Portuguese chover Italic Latin pluvia "rain" (whence lluvia) Celtic Old Irish luithir "to fly," Middle Welsh llymeit 'id.,' Breton lewier "pilot" Germanic Old Norse flóa "to flow," Old High German flouwen "to rinse," English to flow Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic pluti "to flow," Russian plávat' "to swim," Czech plavati 'id.,' Old Polish pɫawać 'id.,' Bulgarian plávam 'id.,' Lithuanian pláuti "to rinse" Hellenic Ancient Greek πλεῖν (plein) "to sail" Armenian Armenian lnow- "to fill" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit pláva- "to float," Young Avestan fra-frāuuaiia- "to make something float" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
lluvia f. (Noun) "rain" 13th cent. From Latin pluvia 'id.' From Proto-Italic *plow-ia 'id.,' from the verb *plow-e/o- "to rain" (see llover). Indo-European Romance Asturian lluvia, Portuguese chuva, Galician choiva, Catalan pluja, French pluie, Italian pioggia, Aromanian ploae, Romanian ploaie, Sardinian pròia Celtic Old Irish luithir "to fly," Middle Welsh llymeit 'id.,' Breton lewier "pilot" Germanic Old Norse flóa "to flow," Old High German flouwen "to rinse," English to flow Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic pluti "to flow," Russian plávat' "to swim," Czech plavati 'id.,' Old Polish pɫawać 'id.,' Bulgarian plávam 'id.,' Lithuanian pláuti "to rinse" Hellenic Ancient Greek πλεῖν (plein) "to sail" Armenian Armenian lnow- "to fill" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit pláva- "to float," Young Avestan fra-frāuuaiia- "to make something float" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.