Where does “flourishy” come from?
flourishy (English) comes from English flourish, from Middle English floryschen, from Old French florir, from Vulgar Latin florire, from Latin flōrēre, from Latin flōrem, from Latin flōs, from Proto-Italic flōs.
flourishy (English): flourishing; characterised by flourishes
Definitions
- flourishing; characterised by flourishes
Ancestry of “flourishy”, step by step
flourishy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flourish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flourish | To thrive or grow well; To prosper or fare well;... |
| 2 | Middle English | floryschen | To flourish, such as to brandish a sword or other... |
| 3 | Old French | florir | to blossom; to bloom; to flourish; to bloom |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | florire | present active infinitive of *flōrio |
| 5 | Latin | flōrēre | — |
| 6 | Latin | flōrem | — |
| 7 | Latin | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |