Where does “Floralia” come from?

Floralia (Latin) comes from Latin Flōra, from Proto-Italic *Flōzā, 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-.

Floralia (Latin): A festival in Ancient Rome

Definitions

  1. A festival in Ancient Rome

Ancestry of “Floralia”, step by step

Floralia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Flōra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinFlōraFlora, the goddess of flowers
2Proto-Italic*Flōzāan Italic flower goddess, Flora
3Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Latin flōs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflōsflower, blossom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →