Where does “floor” come from?

Floor comes from Middle English flor, Old English flōr, and Latin flōrem, the accusative of flōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

floor (English): The interior bottom or surface of a house or...

Definitions

  1. The interior bottom or surface of a house or...

Ancestry of “floor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishflorA floor; the bottom surface of a room or...
2Old Englishflōrfloor, pavement, ground; floor, pavement, ground,...
3Proto-Germanicflōrazground; floor
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂rosflat; floor
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “floor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →