French word fleur comes from Latin flora, Proto-Indo-European *bhlē-, and later Proto-Italic *flōs (Flower, blossom.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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flora | Latin (lat) | |
*bhlē- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*bʰleh₃-s | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*flōs | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Flower, blossom. |
flos | Latin (lat) | (figuratively) an ornament or embellishment. (figuratively) the best kind or part of something. (figuratively) the prime; best state of things. Flower, blossom. |
flur | Norman (nrf) | |
flour | Old French (fro) | |
fleur | French (fr) | (archaic, chemistry) Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation.. (botany) Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").. (by metaphor) The virginity of a woman.. (by metonymy) Flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself.. (figuratively) [...] |