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Where does “floruit” come from?

floruit (Latin) comes from Latin flōreō, 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-.

floruit (Latin): third-person singular perfect active indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular perfect active indicative...

Ancestry of “floruit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflōreō—
2Latinflōs—
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-—

Words derived from “floruit”

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