Etymology Explorer › Middle French

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

  1. swelling

Ancestry of “enfleure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchenfleureswelling
2Old Frenchenflerto swell
3Latinīnflō—
4Latinflō—
5Proto-Italicflāō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₁-to bleat; to cry; to blow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “enfleure”

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