English
floruit
Floruit comes from Latin flōruit ‘he/she/it flourished’, from flōs ‘flower’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘to bloom’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₃-‘to bloom’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰléh₃sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*flōs‘flower, blossom’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflōs‘flower’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflōreō‘bloom, flourish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflōruit‘he/she/it flourished’
- Englishearliest quotation 1895floruit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₃-‘to bloom’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰléh₃sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*flōs‘flower, blossom’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflōs‘flower’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflōreō‘bloom, flourish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflōruit‘he/she/it flourished’
- Englishearliest quotation 1895floruit
Earliest quotation: 1895, Arthur Cayley Headlam, The Church Quarterly Review: “Marius Mercator must have shared the vigour of Alcimus,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘to bloom’
full, blood, blow, fool, blade, bless, foil, bleed, bloom, blossom, folly, folio, folic, belladonna, exfoliate, 53 more
through Proto-Italic *flōs ‘flower, blossom’
flower, ferret, fleur, 14 more
through Latin flōs ‘flower’
flourish, floral, flora, florist, florin, 12 more
through Latin flōreō ‘bloom, flourish’
Today it means
verb Lived, flourished; used in biographies to indicate a time period during which a person is known to have been alive or known to have been notably active, when dates of birth and/or death are not known.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- / floruit