Where does “grandiflorus” come from?

grandiflorus (Latin) comes 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-.

grandiflorus (Latin): Having large flowers

Definitions

  1. Having large flowers

Ancestry of “grandiflorus”, step by step

grandiflorus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin flōs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflōsflower, blossom
2Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Latin grandis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingrandisfull-grown, grown up; large, great, grand, lofty;...
2Proto-Italic*grandis—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →