Where does “floriu” come from?

floriu (Romanian) comes from Romanian floare, from Latin flōrem, 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-.

floriu (Romanian): flowery

Definitions

  1. flowery

Ancestry of “floriu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfloareflower
2Latinflōrem—
3Latinflōsflower, blossom
4Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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