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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

  1. Flower cluster; a group or cluster of flowers...

Ancestry of “inflorescence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininflōrēscentia—
2Latininflōrēscō—
3Latinflōrēscō—
4Latinflōreō—
5Latinflōs—
6Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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