English

fennelflower

From fennel + flower.

A compound of fennel + flower

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-no- ‘yield’

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Vulgar Latin *fēnuclum

Proto-West Germanic *fenukl

Old English finuðl

Middle English fenel

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘to thrive, bloom’

Proto-Italic *flōs ‘flower’

Latin flōs ‘flower’

Anglo-Norman flur

Middle English flour ‘a flower’

Today it means

noun Nigella sativa, an annual flowering plant native to south and southwest Asia.

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

Etymograph / fennelflower