Latin word plumeus comes from Latin pluma, Latin -eus
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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pluma | Latin (lat) | (by extension) metal scale of armor. Beard-down. Feather, plume. |
-eus | Latin (lat) | (with materials) Used to form adjectives from nouns, to indicate the source of an attribute. In adopted Greek words, surviving thus or as -īvus. |
plumeus | Latin (lat) | (figuratively) embroidered. (figuratively) soft, light, delicate. Downy, covered with down. |