Etymology

florist

flor·ist
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Today it means: A person who sells flowers. Full definition →

French fleuriste ← Latin floris
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  1. Latin · derived fromfloris“genitive singular of flōs, flower”
  2. French · derived fromfleuriste
  3. English todayflorist

From French fleuriste, from Latin floris (“genitive singular of flōs, flower”), + -ist.

Words from the same roots

Latinfloris all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.