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Where does “tresfle” come from?

tresfle (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin trifolum, from Latin trifolium, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

tresfle (Old French): clover

Definitions

  1. clover

Ancestry of “tresfle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintrifolumclover
2Latintrifoliumtrefoil, clover
3Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
4Proto-Italic*foljom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “tresfle”

  • трефа
  • trèfle
  • Treff
  • trefo
  • trefl
  • treff
  • treffek
  • tép
  • nhép
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