Etymology

begonia

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Today it means: Any plant of the large genus of Begonia. Full definition →

French Bégon ← Middle French Bégon ← Old French Bégon
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  1. LatinBego
  2. Old FrenchBégon
  3. Middle FrenchBégon
  4. FrenchBégon
  5. English todaybegonia

Borrowed from translingual Begonia (genus of plants), named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.