Where does “floretless” come from?

floretless (English) comes from English floret, from Old French florete, from Old French flor, from Latin flōs, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

floretless (English): Without a floret

Definitions

  1. Without a floret

Ancestry of “floretless”, step by step

floretless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English floret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfloretA small flower, especially one of a cluster in a...
2Old Frenchfloreteflower
3Old Frenchflorflower
4Latinflōsflower, blossom
5Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →