English
floroon
Floroon comes from French fleuron ‘jewel’, and goes back to Old French floron.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400floron
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfleuron‘jewel’
- Englishearliest quotation 1898floroon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400floron
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfleuron‘jewel’
- Englishearliest quotation 1898floroon
Earliest quotation: 1898, Amanda McKittrick Ros: “The mountains of glass that harboured within their elevated…”
Every English word from Old French floron
Today it means
noun A border worked with flowers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French floron / floroon