Where does “florist” come from?
Florist comes from French fleuriste, derived from Latin floris, meaning "of flowers."
florist (English): A person who sells flowers; A person who...
Definitions
- A person who sells flowers; A person who...
Ancestry of “florist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fleuriste | florist |
| 2 | French | fleur | Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the... |
| 3 | Latin | deflorare | — |
| 4 | Latin | flōs | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “florist”