Where does “flour” come from?
flour (Cornish) comes from Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Old French flor, from Latin flōs, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
flour (Cornish): flower, choice; flower
Definitions
- flower, choice; flower
Ancestry of “flour”, step by step
flour traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English flour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | flour | A flower; A depiction or likeness of a flower;... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | flur | Alternative form of flor |
| 3 | Old French | flor | flower |
| 4 | Latin | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English floor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | floor | The interior bottom or surface of a house or... |
| 2 | Middle English | flor | A floor; the bottom surface of a room or... |
| 3 | Old English | flōr | floor, pavement, ground; floor, pavement, ground,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | flōraz | ground; floor |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂ros | flat; floor |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |