English

globeflower

From globe + flower.

A compound of globe + flower

Latin globus ‘any round object’

Old French globe

Middle French globe

Middle English globe

English globe

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 European globeflower (Trollius europaeus), a plant with globe-shaped flowers.

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

Etymograph / globeflower