Where does “fleuriste” come from?
fleuriste (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-.
fleuriste (French): florist
Definitions
- florist
Ancestry of “fleuriste”, step by step
fleuriste 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- | — |
via Latin floris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | floris | genitive singular of flōs; flower; genitive... |