Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleh₃-
‘leaf, blossom, flower’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-.
78 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-, most familiar first.
- full ← fullen ← fuller ← foler ← fullāre
- blood ← blōd ← *blōd ← *blōþą
- blow ← blowen ← blōwan ← *blōaną
- flower ← flour ← flur ← flōrem ← *flōs
- fool ← fouler ← fouller ← foler ← *fullāre
- bloody ← blody ← blōdiġ ← *blōdag ← *blōþagaz
- blade ← blad ← blæd ← *blad ← *bladą
- bless ← blessen ← bletsian ← *blōdisōn ← *blōþą
- bloom ← blome ← blóm ← *blōmô ← *blōaną
- floral ← flōrālis ← flōs ← *flōs ← *bʰléh₃s
- foil ← foilen ← fouler ← fullō
- bleed ← bleden ← blēdan ← *blōdijan ← *blōdijaną
More words from *bʰleh₃-
- flora
- blossom
- flourish
- folly
- folio
- ferret
- florist
- fleur
- flor
- folic
- bloodless
- bloomer
- belladonna
- exfoliate
- florid
- florin
- trefoil
- trifolium
- blat
- foliation
- forint
- floret
- phyllo
- refoulement
- folium
- florescence
- phyllite
- fiorino
- floruit
- floreal
- foliaceous
- aphyllous
- bluidy
- bloodsome
- chromphyllite
- deflour
- diphyllous
- effloresce
- floweret
- floriography
- florulent
- floscularian
- floscule
- floriform
- floretum
- folivore
- foliophagy
- foliole
- foliferous
- foliolate
- foulage
- foliform
- foliophagous
- foliicolous
- interfoliate
- infoliate
- molybdophyllite
- niobophyllite
- phyllode
- phyllodium
- phyllobolia
- phulkari
- phyllon
- refoul
- sfogliatella
- trifoly
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-