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Where does “フィレンツェ” come from?

フィレンツェ (Japanese) comes from Italian Firenze, from Old Italian Fiorenze, from Latin Flōrentia, from Latin flōrens, from Latin flōreō, from Latin flōs, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s.

Ancestry of “フィレンツェ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianFirenze—
2Old ItalianFiorenze—
3LatinFlōrentia—
4Latinflōrens—
5Latinflōreō—
6Latinflōs—
7Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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