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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) [...]