Etymology

forget-me-not

Today it means: Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant. Full definition →

Middle French ne m'oubliez mie ← German Vergissmeinnicht
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  1. German · derived fromVergissmeinnicht
  2. Middle French · calque ofne m'oubliez mie
  3. English todayforget-me-not

Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.