English
anemone
Anemone comes from Latin anemōnē ‘windflower, anemone’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνεμώνηanemṓnē‘poppy anemone’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanemōnē‘windflower, anemone’
- Englishearliest quotation 1920anemone
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνεμώνηanemṓnē‘poppy anemone’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanemōnē‘windflower, anemone’
- Englishearliest quotation 1920anemone
Earliest quotation: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds: “Here (it was said) every year the youth Adonis…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- ‘breathe’
and, asthma, unanimously, inhale, anima, exhalation, prana, onde, 18 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos ‘breath’
animal, anime, unanimous, animate, animosity, animator, animus, 13 more
Today it means
noun Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη / anemone