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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-.

Ancestry of “Flores”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishfloresplural of flor
2Spanish-ésForms nouns and adjectives of nationality;...
3Spanishpolíticapolitics; policy; female equivalent of político
4Spanishpolíticopolitical; in-law; politician
5Latinpolīticus—
6Swedishpolitiskpolitical, having to do with politics
7Swedishpolitikpolitics
8Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
9Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
10Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
11Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
12Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
13Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
14Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “Flores”

  • Homo floresiensis
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