Etymograph

English

Florida Keys

From Florida + key (“cay”).

A compound of Florida + key ‘cay’

Latin floridus ‘flowery’

Spanish florida ‘flowery’

English Florida

Proto-West Germanic *kaiju

Old English cǣġ ‘key’

Middle English keye ‘a key’

English key

Today it means

name A coral cay archipelago located off the southern coast of Florida.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Florida Keys