Etymograph

English

floret

Floret comes from Old French florete ‘flower’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₃-‘flower, blossom’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*flōs‘flower, blossom’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflōrem
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400flor‘flower’
  5. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400florete‘flower’diminutive of flor
  6. Englishtodayfloret

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₃-‘flower, blossom’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*flōs‘flower, blossom’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflōrem
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400flor‘flower’
  5. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400florete‘flower’diminutive of flor
  6. Englishtodayfloret

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘flower, blossom’

full, blood, blow, fool, blade, bless, foil, bleed, bloom, blossom, folly, folio, flora, folic, belladonna, exfoliate, florid, 53 more

through Proto-Italic *flōs ‘flower, blossom’

flourish, floral, florist, florin, 14 more

through Latin flōrem

flower, fleur, ferret, 2 more

Today it means

noun A small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- / floret

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