Latin

flōreō

‘to bloom/flower’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin flōreō.

10 English words in this record descend from Latin flōreō, most familiar first.

• florentine ← florentin ← Flōrentīnus ← Flōrentia ← flōrens
• inflorescence ← inflōrēscentia ← inflōrēscō
• florid ← floride ← flōridus
• florescent ← florescens ← floresco
• efflorescence ← efflōrēscō ← flōrēscō
• florescence ← florēscō
• floruit
• effloresce ← efflōrēscere ← efflōrēscō ← florescō
• fioritura ← fiorire ← flōrīre
• florentium ← Florentia ← flōrens

Etymograph / Latin flōreō