Where does “œillet des fleuristes” come from?

œillet des fleuristes (French) comes from French œillet, from French œil, from Middle French œil, from Old French ueil, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic okʷelos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs — to see; eye.

œillet des fleuristes (French): carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)

Definitions

  1. carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)

Ancestry of “œillet des fleuristes”, step by step

œillet des fleuristes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French œillet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchœilleteye; pink, carnation; buttonhole
2Frenchœileye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping...
3Middle Frenchœileye
4Old Frenchueileye
5Vulgar Latinocluseye; Alternative form of oculus
6LatinoculusAn eye; the power of sight; a spot resembling an...
7Proto-Italicokʷeloseye
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

via French dès

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdèssince, from
2Late Latindē ex
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ-