Where does “flève” come from?
flève (Louisiana Creole) comes from French fleuve, from Middle French fleuve, from Old French flueve, from Latin fluvius, from Latin fluere, from Latin fluo, from Proto-Italic flowō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlewH-.
flève (Louisiana Creole): river
Definitions
- river
Ancestry of “flève”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fleuve | A river |
| 2 | Middle French | fleuve | — |
| 3 | Old French | flueve | river; steam |
| 4 | Latin | fluvius | river, stream |
| 5 | Latin | fluere | present active infinitive of fluō; flow; to flow |
| 6 | Latin | fluo | I flow, stream, pour; I am soaked in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | flowō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlewH- | to overflow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |