Where does “enfleure” come from?
enfleure (Middle French) comes from Old French enfleure, from Old French enfler, from Latin īnflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
enfleure (Middle French): swelling
Definitions
- swelling
Ancestry of “enfleure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | enfleure | swelling |
| 2 | Old French | enfler | to swell |
| 3 | Latin | īnflō | to inflate; to blow into |
| 4 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |