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
macroflora traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian floră
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | floră | flora |
| 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 | flower, blossom |
| 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- | — |
via English Flora
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Flora | the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris |