Etymology

floridness

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Today it means: The quality of being florid. Full definition →

English florid ← French floride ← Latin flōridus
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The story

  1. Latinflōreō
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Latinflōridus
  4. Frenchfloride
  5. Englishflorid
  6. English todayfloridness

From florid + -ness.

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