Where does “Florentinism” come from?
Florentinism (English) comes from English Florentine, from French Florentin, from Middle French Florentin, from Latin flōrentīnus, from Latin Flōrentia, from Latin flōrens, from Latin flōreō, from Latin flōs.
Florentinism (English): Behaviours or attitudes characteristic of the Italian city of Florence
Definitions
- Behaviours or attitudes characteristic of the Italian city of Florence
Ancestry of “Florentinism”, step by step
Florentinism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Florentine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Florentine | Of or relating to the Italian city of Florence; A... |
| 2 | French | Florentin | Florentine; person from Florence |
| 3 | Middle French | Florentin | — |
| 4 | Latin | flōrentīnus | Florentine |
| 5 | Latin | Flōrentia | — |
| 6 | Latin | flōrens | blooming, blossoming, flowering |
| 7 | Latin | flōreō | to bloom, blossom, flower |
| 8 | Latin | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |