Etymograph

English

florigen

From flori- + -gen.

A compound of flori- + -gen

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘to bloom’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃s

Proto-Italic *flōs ‘flower, blossom’

Latin flōs ‘flower’

English flori-

Today it means

noun a supposed hormone that causes flowering in plants

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

Etymograph / florigen