English
floweret
Floweret comes from Old French florete ‘flower’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₃-‘flower, blossom’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*flōs‘flower, blossom’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflōrem
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400flor‘flower’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400florete‘flower’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500flourette
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1597floweret
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₃-‘flower, blossom’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*flōs‘flower, blossom’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflōrem
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400flor‘flower’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400florete‘flower’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500flourette
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1597floweret
Earliest quotation: c. 1597, William Shakespeare, The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]: “No more ſhall trenching Warre channell her fields, /…”
Equivalent to flower + -et
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘to thrive, bloom’
Proto-Italic *flōs ‘flower’
Latin flōs ‘flower’
Anglo-Norman flur
Middle English flour ‘a flower’
English flower
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘flower, blossom’
full, blood, fool, blade, bless, blow, foil, bleed, bloom, blossom, folly, flora, folio, folic, belladonna, exfoliate, florid, florin, 53 more
through Proto-Italic *flōs ‘flower, blossom’
floral, flourish, florist, flor, 15 more
through Latin flōrem
Today it means
noun A floret, or small or component flower
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- / floweret