Where does “macroflora” come from?
macroflora (English) comes from Romanian floră, from Middle English flore, from French fleuret, from Catalan floret, from Italian fioretto, from Italian fiore, from Latin flōrem, from Latin flōs.
macroflora (English): plants that can be seen with the naked eye
Definitions
- plants that can be seen with the naked eye
Ancestry of “macroflora”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | floră | — |
| 2 | Middle English | flore | Alternative form of flor |
| 3 | French | fleuret | foil |
| 4 | Catalan | floret | foil |
| 5 | Italian | fioretto | Ssall, devotional sacrifice; good deed; foil |
| 6 | Italian | fiore | flower, bloom, blossom; surface; pl clubs |
| 7 | Latin | flōrem | — |
| 8 | Latin | flōs | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |