Where does “Floor” come from?

Floor (Alemannic German) comes from Middle High German vlōr, from Latin flōs, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Floor (Alemannic German): garden flower; bloom, blooming; gauze, crape;...

Definitions

  1. garden flower; bloom, blooming; gauze, crape;...

Ancestry of “Floor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvlōr—
2Latinflōsflower, blossom
3Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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