Where does “florir” come from?
florir (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan florir, from Vulgar Latin florire, from Latin flōrēre, from Latin flōrem, from Latin flōs, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
florir (Occitan): to flower
Ancestry of “florir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Occitan | florir | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | florire | present active infinitive of *flōrio |
| 3 | Latin | flōrēre | — |
| 4 | Latin | flōrem | — |
| 5 | Latin | flōs | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |