florio

Latin

Etymology

Reassignment of Classical flōreō to the fourth conjugation. Attested in the sixth century CE.[1]

Verb

flōriō (present infinitive flōrīre, perfect active flōrīvī or flōriī, supine flōrītum); fourth conjugation (Late Latin)

  1. alternative form of flōreō (to flourish, to bloom)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: florire
  • Balkano-Romance: (prefixed with in-)
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
    • Corsican: fiurì
    • Istriot: infiurì (prefixed with in-)
    • Italian: fiorire
    • Sicilian: ciuriri
    • Venetan: fiorir
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Gallo-Italic:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1262: “fiorire” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “florēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 629