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Where does “fluor” come from?

fluor (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic flōraz, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂ros, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

Ancestry of “fluor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflōrazground; floor
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂rosflat; floor
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “fluor”

  • vloerwerk
  • dansvloer
  • vloerkleed
  • vloer
  • werkvloer
  • vloer
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