Where does “inflorescence” come from?
Inflorescence comes from Latin inflorescentia, derived from infloresco (to begin flowering), from floreo (to bloom), from flos (flower), tracing back through Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- and bʰel- (to bloom or swell).
inflorescence (English): Flower cluster; a group or cluster of flowers...
Definitions
- Flower cluster; a group or cluster of flowers...
Ancestry of “inflorescence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inflōrēscentia | — |
| 2 | Latin | inflōrēscō | to begin to blossom |
| 3 | Latin | flōrēscō | to flower |
| 4 | Latin | flōreō | to bloom, blossom, 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- | — |