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French word fleur comes from Latin flora, Proto-Indo-European *bhlē-, and later Proto-Italic *flōs (Flower, blossom.)

flora (Latin)

*bhlē- (Proto-Indo-European)

*bʰleh₃-s (Proto-Indo-European)

*flōs (Proto-Italic)

Flower, blossom.

flos (Latin)

(figuratively) an ornament or embellishment. (figuratively) the best kind or part of something. (figuratively) the prime; best state of things. Flower, blossom.

flur (Norman)

flour (Old French)

fleur (French)

(archaic, chemistry) Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation.. (botany) Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").. (by metaphor) The virginity of a woman.. (by metonymy) Flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself.. (figuratively) [...]

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