Etymograph

English

Flores

Flores comes from Portuguese Flores ‘flowers’.

  1. Portuguesec. 1500–presentFlores‘flowers’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Portuguesec. 1500–presentFlores‘flowers’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Portuguese Flores

Another origin of Flores

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₃-‘bloom, flower’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰléh₃sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*flōs‘flower, blossom’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflōs‘flower, blossom’
  5. Old Spanishc. 950–1500flor
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘flower’
  7. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentFlores‘flowers’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name An island of the Azores autonomous region, Portugal, in the North Atlantic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Portuguese Flores / Flores

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