English
Flora
Flora comes from Latin *flōs ‘flower’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₃-‘bloom, flower’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰléh₃s ~ *bʰl̥h₃s-ésreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*flōs‘flower’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEFlōra
- Englishearliest quotation 1933Flora
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₃-‘bloom, flower’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰléh₃s ~ *bʰl̥h₃s-ésreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*flōs‘flower’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEFlōra
- Englishearliest quotation 1933Flora
Earliest quotation: 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, Girls' Names: “What lovely names for girls there are! / There's…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘bloom, flower’
full, blood, fool, blow, blade, bless, flower, foil, bleed, bloom, blossom, folly, folio, ferret, folic, fleur, belladonna, exfoliate, florid, 56 more
through Latin *flōs ‘flower’
Today it means
name the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- / Flora