English

flowerpiece

From flower + piece.

A compound of flower + piece

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

Proto-Italic *flōs ‘flower’

Latin flōs ‘flower’

Anglo-Norman flur

Middle English flour ‘a flower’

Late Latin pettia ‘fragment’

Old French piece

Middle English pece ‘piece’

English piece

Today it means

noun A flower arrangement

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

Etymograph / flowerpiece