Etymology

windflower

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Today it means: Synonym of wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa). Full definition →

English flower ← Middle English wynd ← Old English wind
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wḗh₁ti
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
  4. Proto-Germanic*windaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*wind
  6. Old Englishwind
  7. Middle Englishwynd
  8. Englishwind
  9. Englishflower
  10. English todaywindflower

From wind + flower.

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