Proto-Italic

*flōs

‘flower, blossom’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *flōs.

22 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *flōs, most familiar first.

• flower ← flour ← flur ← flōrem
• floral ← flōrālis ← flōs
• flourish ← floryschen ← florir ← flōrīre ← flōrēre
• ferret ← fioretto ← fiore ← flōrem
• florist ← fleuriste ← flōs
• fleur ← flur ← flōrem
• flor ← flōs
• florin ← fiorino ← fiore ← flos
• forint ← fiorino ← fiore ← flos
• floret ← florete ← flor ← flōrem
• florescence ← florēscō ← flōreō ← flōs
• fiorino ← fiore ← flōrem

More words from *flōs

• floruit
• floreal
• deflour
• floweret
• floriography
• florulent
• floscularian
• floscule
• floriform
• floretum

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *flōs