Where does “Fleur” come from?
Fleur derives from French fleur, from Old French flor, from Latin flos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, meaning to bloom or flower.
Ancestry of “Fleur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | fleur | Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the... |
| 2 | Latin | deflorare | — |
| 3 | Latin | flōs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |