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 1977flora
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 1977flora
Earliest quotation: 1977, United States Senate Select Committee on, Hearings: “The host effects upon the flora of both the…”
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, 55 more
through Latin *flōs ‘flower’
Today it means
noun Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- / flora