Where does “infiorare” come from?

infiorare (Italian) comes from Italian fiore, from Latin flōrem, 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-.

infiorare (Italian): To deck with flowers

Definitions

  1. To deck with flowers

Ancestry of “infiorare”, step by step

infiorare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian fiore

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfioreflower, bloom, blossom; surface; pl clubs
2Latinflōrem—
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 Romanian înfiora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianînfiorato frighten; to thrill; to cause to shiver,...
2Vulgar Latin*infebrizō—
3Latinfebrisfever
4Proto-Italic*feɣʷrisfever
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰris—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

Words derived from “infiorare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →