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Where does “Flor” come from?

Flor (German) comes from Dutch floers, from French velours, from Old French velous, from Latin villosus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.

Flor (German): nap, pile; veil; bloom, flowering

Definitions

  1. nap, pile; veil; bloom, flowering

Ancestry of “Flor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchfloersveil; darkness, obscurity
2Frenchveloursvelvet
3Old Frenchvelous—
4Latinvillosushairy, shaggy
5Latinvillushair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair
6LatinvellusThe wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂welh₁-to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool
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