Etymology

pot-et-fleur

Today it means: A style of flower arrangement that combines pot plants with cut flowers. Full definition →

French pot
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The story

  1. French · derived frompot“pot”
  2. English todaypot-et-fleur

Coined in 1960, from French pot (“pot”) + et (“and”) + fleur (“flower”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.