Etymology

fleuron

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Today it means: An ornament or knob in the shape of a flower Full definition →

Old French floron
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  1. Old French · derived fromfloron“flower”
  2. English todayfleuron

From Old French floron (“flower”), spelling later changed to match modern French fleuron.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.