Etymology

anemone

a·nem·o·ne
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Today it means: Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower. Full definition →

Latin anemōnē ← Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνεμώνη
  2. Latin · derived fromanemōnē
  3. English todayanemone

From Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”) + matronymic suffix -ώνη (-ṓnē, “daughter of”). Or from Phoenician *𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤍 (*nʿmn), akin to Arabic شَقَائِق اَلنُّعْمَان (šaqāʔiq an-nuʕmān, “anemones”) and Hebrew (Isaiah Scroll) נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים (nit'ei na'amanim, “plants of pleasantness”).

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