Where does “Passiflora” come from?
Passiflora (Translingual) comes from Latin passiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Passiflora (Translingual): genus
Definitions
- genus
Ancestry of “Passiflora”, step by step
Passiflora traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin passiō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | passiō | suffering; enduring |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Latin Flōra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Flōra | Flora, the goddess of flowers |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | *Flōzā | an Italic flower goddess, Flora |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |