Where does “chou-fleur” come from?
chou-fleur (French) comes from French fleur, from Latin deflorare, from Latin flōs, 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-.
chou-fleur (French): cauliflower
Definitions
- cauliflower
Ancestry of “chou-fleur”, step by step
chou-fleur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French fleur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fleur | Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the... |
| 2 | Latin | deflorare | — |
| 3 | Latin | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |