Where does “Florida Keys” come from?

Florida Keys (English) comes from English Florida, from Spanish florida, from Latin floridus, from Latin flōreō, from Latin flōs, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.

Ancestry of “Florida Keys”, step by step

Florida Keys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Florida

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFloridaSeveral places in South and Central America
2Spanishfloridafeminine singular of florido; flowery
3Latinfloridusblooming; flowery; florid
4Latinflōreōto bloom, blossom, flower
5Latinflōsflower, blossom
6Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via English key

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkeyAn object designed to open and close a lock; An...
2EnglishcayA small, low island largely made of sand or coral
3SpanishCayokey island
4Taínocayosmall island

Words derived from “Florida Keys”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →