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forint
Forint comes from Italian fiorino ‘florin, the former currency of Tuscany’, from fiore ‘flower, bloom, blossom’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-.
- 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 CEflosas flōrem‘flower, blossom’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfiore‘flower, bloom, blossom’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentfiorino‘florin, the former currency of Tuscany’
- Hungarianmodernforint
- Englishearliest quotation 2014same form
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 CEflosas flōrem‘flower, blossom’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfiore‘flower, bloom, blossom’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentfiorino‘florin, the former currency of Tuscany’
- Hungarianmodernforint
- Englishearliest quotation 2014same form
Earliest quotation: 2014, Seth Kugel, Wintertime Bargains in Budapest: “Better yet, there were no cover charges, and we…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘to bloom’
full, blood, blow, blade, bless, fool, bloom, bleed, blossom, foil, folly, folio, belladonna, folic, exfoliate, florid, 52 more
through Proto-Italic *flōs ‘flower, blossom’
through Latin flos ‘flower, blossom’
floral, flora, flourish, florist, flor, 11 more
through Italian fiore ‘flower, bloom, blossom’
through Italian fiorino ‘florin, the former currency of Tuscany’
Today it means
noun The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- / forint