Etymology

blossom

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Today it means: A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers. Full definition →

Middle English blosme ← Old English blostm ← Proto-Germanic *blōstmô
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blossom · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰleh₃-s-“bloom, flower”
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*blōstmô
  3. Old English · inherited fromblostm
  4. Middle English · inherited fromblosme
  5. English todayblossom

From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; related to *blōstaz [compare German Blust]), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).

Blossom · proper noun2

From blossom.

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