Etymology

fuchsia

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Today it means: A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers. Full definition →

German Fuchs ← Middle High German vuhs ← Old High German vuhs
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fuchsia · noun, adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*púḱsos
  2. Proto-Germanic*fuhsaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*fuhs
  4. Old High Germanvuhs
  5. Middle High Germanvuhs
  6. GermanFuchs
  7. English todayfuchsia

From New Latin, after the genus Fuchsia, itself named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).

Fuchsia · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*púḱsos
  2. Proto-Germanic*fuhsaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*fuhs
  4. Old High Germanvuhs
  5. Middle High Germanvuhs
  6. GermanFuchs
  7. Englishfuchsia
  8. English todayFuchsia

From the flower fuchsia.

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