flor
Middle English
/floːr/
noun
Definitions
- A floor; the bottom surface of a room or building.
- A level or story of a building; one of a building's floors.
- A flat area or platform often for preparing stuff on
- The surface of the earth, especially when relatively flat; a plain.
- (rare) The bottom substructure or support of a building.
- (rare) The bottom of one's eyelid or eyelash.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English flōr (ground, floor, pavement, bottom) inherited from Proto-Germanic *flōrō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂ros (floor, flat).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pleh₂ros
Gloss
floor, flat
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barnfloor English
- cornfloor English
- floor English
- floor-walker English
- floorage English
- floorball English
- floorboard English
- floorcare English
- floorcloth English
- floorcovering English
- floorer English
- floorful English
- floorgrip English
- floorhand English
- floorhead English
- flooring English
- floorless English
- floorlet English
- floorlike English
- floorman English
- floormat English
- floormate English
- floorpan English
- floorperson English
- floorplanning English
- floorplate English
- floorset English
- floorshow English
- floorspace English
- floortime English
- floorwalking English
- floorward English
- floorwards English
- floorway English
- floorwise English
- floorwoman English
- floorwork English
- midfloor English
- multifloor English
- nonfloor English
- refloor English
- seafloor English
- shopfloor English
- showfloor English
- subfloor English
- underfloor English
- *pleh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₂ros Proto-Indo-European
- *flōrō Proto-Germanic
- flor Old English
- flōr Old English
- floring Middle English
- flur Middle English
- plorwaks Cebuano
- *ɸlārom Proto-Celtic
- flair Scots
- plua Tok Pisin