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Where does “megaflora” come from?

megaflora (English) comes from English Flora, from Latin Flōra, from Proto-Italic *Flōzā, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

megaflora (English): Any exceptionally large plant

Definitions

  1. Any exceptionally large plant

Ancestry of “megaflora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFlora—
2LatinFlōra—
3Proto-Italic*Flōzā—
4Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “megaflora”

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