Where does “lafarinn” come from?

lafarinn (Mauritian Creole) comes from French farine, from Old French farine, from Latin farīna, from Latin far, from Proto-Italic *fars, from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- — top, tip, point.

lafarinn (Mauritian Creole): flour

Definitions

  1. flour

Ancestry of “lafarinn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfarineflour, specifically wheat flour; feed, animal...
2Old Frenchfarine—
3Latinfarīnaground corn, flour, meal
4Latinfarspelt; coarse meal; grits
5Proto-Italic*farsflour
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- →Every word from Proto-Italic *fars →Every word from Latin far →