The story
- Latin · derived fromefflōrēscō
- French · borrowed fromefflorescence
- English todayefflorescence
Borrowed from French efflorescence, from Latin efflōrēscō (from ex- (“out”) + flōrēscō (“to blossom”)) + -ence. By surface analysis, effloresce + -ence.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.