flos
Latin
noun
Definitions
- flower, blossom
- (figuratively) the best kind or part of something
- (figuratively) the prime; best state of things
- (figuratively) an ornament or embellishment
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Italic *flōs derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s (flower, blossom), *bʰleh₃- (flower, blossom, bloom, thrive, flourish, inflate, blow, swell, leaf).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleh₃-
Gloss
flower, blossom, bloom, thrive, flourish, inflate, blow, swell, leaf
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
花
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -phyll English
- exfoliate English
- florid English
- florulent English
- phyllon English
- theophylline English
- *florumen Latin
- Flōra Latin
- Flōrentia Latin
- efflōrēscere Latin
- filix Latin
- florilegus Latin
- florēscō, floresco Latin
- flos, flōs, flōrem Latin
- flōrem Latin
- flōreō Latin
- flōris Latin
- flōrālis Latin
- flōs Latin
- folia Latin
- fullo Latin
- fiorino Italian
- petalo Italian
- bloem Dutch, Flemish
- opfleuren Dutch, Flemish
- καρυόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- κισσόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- μαχαιρόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- μελισσόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- μυριόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- πεντάφυλλον Ancient Greek
- συκόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- φάλαινα Ancient Greek
- φάλλαινα Ancient Greek
- φυλλῖτις Ancient Greek
- φύλλινος Ancient Greek
- φύλλον Ancient Greek
- χαιρέφυλλον Ancient Greek
- ἀγριόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- ἄφυλλος Ancient Greek
- ἐλαιόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- ῥαφίς Ancient Greek
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₃-s Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₃-s- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₃s Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰlh̥₃otom Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰolh₃-yom Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰolh₃yom Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰolyo- Proto-Indo-European
- *bladą Proto-Germanic
- *blēdaz Proto-Germanic
- *blēduz Proto-Germanic
- *blōaną Proto-Germanic
- *blōdiz Proto-Germanic
- *blōmô Proto-Germanic
- *blōsmaz Proto-Germanic
- *blōsmô Proto-Germanic
- *blōstmô Proto-Germanic
- *blōþą Proto-Germanic
- blostmbære Old English
- blostmig Old English
- blōstm Old English
- blosme Middle English
- blóm Old Norse
- blóma Old Norse
- chorima Galician
- chorume Galician
- φύλλο Greek (modern)
- bluomo Old High German
- blás Old Irish
- 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 Gothic
- *belyos Proto-Celtic
- *blātus Proto-Celtic
- plūme Middle Low German
- *flōs Proto-Italic
- *palanǰāsp Middle Persian
- lore Basque
- lore-hauts Basque
- loredenda Basque