più
Inherited fromLatinplūs, fromOld Latin*plous, fromProto-Indo-European*pleh₁-,*pelh₁u-(“many”).
The initial autogemination, though lost in standard pronunciation, is still found in most varieties of regional Italian. The gemination occurs predictably before the palatalization of the original liquid-l-, comparedoppio,orecchio, etc.
più
più (invariable)
più