English

foamflower

From foam + flower.

A compound of foam + flower

Proto-Indo-European *(s)poH(y)-

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Proto-Germanic *faimaz

Proto-West Germanic *faim ‘foam, froth’

Old English fām

Middle English fom

English foam

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 Any of the genus Tiarella of wildflowers and garden plants in the saxifrage family.

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

Etymograph / foamflower