Where does “fennelflower” come from?
fennelflower (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-.
fennelflower (English): "Nigella sativa", an annual flowering plant...
Definitions
- "Nigella sativa", an annual flowering plant...
Ancestry of “fennelflower”, step by step
fennelflower traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flower
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flower | A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with... |
| 2 | Middle English | flour | A flower; A depiction or likeness of a flower;... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | flur | Alternative form of flor |
| 4 | Old French | flor | flower |
| 5 | Latin | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 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- | — |
via English fennel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fennel | A plant, "Foeniculum vulgare", of the parsley... |
| 2 | Middle English | fenel | fennel |
| 3 | Old English | fenol | — |
| 4 | Old French | fenoil | fennel |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | fenuclum | — |
| 6 | Latin | fēnuculum | fennel |
| 7 | Latin | fēnum | hay |
| 8 | Latin | faenum | hay; any dried plant; fenugreek |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁(y)- | to suckle, nurse |