Where does “florkaulo” come from?
florkaulo (Ido) comes from French chou-fleur, 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-.
florkaulo (Ido): cauliflower
Definitions
- cauliflower
Ancestry of “florkaulo”, step by step
florkaulo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French chou-fleur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chou-fleur | cauliflower |
| 2 | French | fleur | Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the... |
| 3 | Latin | deflorare | — |
| 4 | Latin | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via German Blumenkohl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Blumenkohl | cauliflower |
| 2 | German | Kohl | cabbage; nonsense; idle talk |
| 3 | Middle High German | kōl | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kol | coal |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kol | coal |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kulą | coal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷol- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵwelH- | to burn; to shine |
via Ido floro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | floro | flower |
| 2 | Spanish | flor | flower; bloom, blossom; best, finest, pick |
| 3 | Old Spanish | flor | flower |
| 4 | Latin | [[flōs]], [[flōrem]] | — |