Where does “Flores” come from?
Flores comes from Portuguese flores, plural of flor, from Old Portuguese fror, from Latin florem, accusative of flos meaning flower, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- and bʰel-.
Flores (English): in the North Atlantic
Definitions
- in the North Atlantic
Ancestry of “Flores”, step by step
Flores traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish flores
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | flores | plural of flor |
| 2 | Spanish | -és | Forms nouns and adjectives of nationality;... |
| 3 | Spanish | política | politics; policy; female equivalent of político |
| 4 | Spanish | político | political; in-law; politician |
| 5 | Latin | polīticus | political, civil, of the state, relating to civil polity |
| 6 | Swedish | politisk | political, having to do with politics |
| 7 | Swedish | politik | politics |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πολιτικός | civic, constitutional, public; social |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Portuguese flores
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | flores | plural of flor; flowers |
| 2 | Portuguese | flor | flower |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | fror | Alternative form of flor |
| 4 | Latin | florem | accusative singular of flōs |
| 5 | Latin | flos | flower, blossom; the best kind or part of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |