Where does “flowerhorn” come from?
flowerhorn (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-.
flowerhorn (English): A brightly-coloured ornamental cichlid with a...
Definitions
- A brightly-coloured ornamental cichlid with a...
Ancestry of “flowerhorn”, step by step
flowerhorn 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 horn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | horn | A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the... |
| 2 | Middle English | horn | A horn; A jutting or projecting extremity of... |
| 3 | Old English | horn | horn; gable |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |