Where does “Florida” come from?
Florida derives from Spanish florida, the feminine form of Spanish florido, meaning "flowery," from Spanish flor meaning "flower," from Latin flos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- meaning "to bloom."
Ancestry of “Florida”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | florida | feminine singular of florido; flowery |
| 2 | Latin | floridus | blooming; flowery; florid |
| 3 | Latin | flōreō | — |
| 4 | Latin | flōs | — |
| 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- | — |
Words derived from “Florida”