pluma

/ˈpluma/ · B1 · noun · f

feather

pluma — feather

🪶🖋️ pluma = plume: a feather, and quill pens were made from feathers

From Latin pluma, soft feather. English has the same root in plume and plumage. Quill pens were cut from feathers, so the same word came to mean pen, and later fountain pen.

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