Where does “sunflowery” come from?
sunflowery (English) comes from English sunflower, 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.
sunflowery (English): Resembling or characteristic of a sunflower
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a sunflower
Ancestry of “sunflowery”, step by step
sunflowery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sunflower
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sunflower | Any plant of the genus "Helianthus", so called... |
| 2 | English | flower | A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with... |
| 3 | Middle English | flour | A flower; A depiction or likeness of a flower;... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | flur | Alternative form of flor |
| 5 | Old French | flor | flower |
| 6 | Latin | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |