Where does “blanketflower” come from?

blanketflower (English) comes from English flower, from Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Old French flor, from Latin flōs, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.

blanketflower (English): Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia

Definitions

  1. Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia

Ancestry of “blanketflower”, step by step

blanketflower traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English flower

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflowerA colorful, conspicuous structure associated with...
2Middle EnglishflourA flower; A depiction or likeness of a flower;...
3Anglo-NormanflurAlternative form of flor
4Old Frenchflorflower
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 blanket

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishblanketA heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and...
2Middle Englishblanket
3Old Frenchblanquette
4Old Frenchblancwhite
5Late Latinblancuswhite
6Frankishblankbright; gleaming, white, blinding; bright,...
7Proto-Germanic*blank
8Proto-Germanicblankazbright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbhleg-to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-