Fleur etymology

French

French word fleur comes from Latin flora, Proto-Indo-European *bhlē-, and later Proto-Italic *flōs (Flower, blossom.)

Etymology of fleur

Detailed word origin of fleur

Dictionary entry Language Definition
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) [...]

Words with the same origin as fleur

Descendants of *bhlē-

baleine feuille fleuve