Where does “suce-fleur” come from?

suce-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-.

suce-fleur (French): hummingbird

Definitions

  1. hummingbird

Ancestry of “suce-fleur”, step by step

suce-fleur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French fleur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchfleurFlower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the...
2Latindeflorare—
3Latinflōsflower, blossom
4Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via French sucer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsucerto suck; to give head
2Vulgar Latinsuctiare—
3Latinsūgōto suck
4Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
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