Where does “flor” come from?

flor (Old French) comes from Latin flōs, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

flor (Old French): flower

Definitions

  1. flower

Ancestry of “flor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflōsflower, blossom
2Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “flor”

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