Where does “muskflower” come from?

muskflower (English) comes from English flower, from Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Old French flor, from Latin flōs, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.

muskflower (English): The monkeyflower (Erythranthe moschata)

Definitions

  1. The monkeyflower (Erythranthe moschata)

Ancestry of “muskflower”, step by step

muskflower traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English flower

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflowerA colorful, conspicuous structure associated with...
2Middle EnglishflourA flower; A depiction or likeness of a flower;...
3Anglo-NormanflurAlternative form of flor
4Old Frenchflorflower
5Latinflōsflower, blossom
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-

via English Musk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMuskA greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes
2Middle Englishmuskemusk; A kind of plant juice
3Old Frenchmusc
4Latinmūscusmoss
5Ancient Greekμόσχοςyoung shoot or twig; leafstalk, petiole; calf,...
6Middle Persianmwšk'musk
7Sanskritमुष्कtesticle, scrotum
8Sanskritमूष्mouse; "stealer", "thief"
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-