blosme
Middle English
/ˈblɔsm(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A flower or blossom that is blooming.
- (figurative) An outstanding or unparalleled thing.
- (figurative) The immediate descendant or progeny of something.
- (rare) A bough adorned with shoots.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English blōstma inherited from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*blōstmô
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Passionflower English
- Redflower English
- aflower English
- basketflower English
- beflower English
- bellflower English
- blanketflower English
- blossom English
- blossomcrown English
- blossomest English
- blossometh English
- blossomish English
- blossomless English
- blossomly English
- blossoms English
- blossomy English
- bunchflower English
- coneflower English
- cornflower English
- crowflower English
- cuckooflower English
- dayflower English
- elderflower English
- emblossom English
- enflower English
- fanflower English
- fennelflower English
- flower English
- flower fly English
- flowerage English
- flowerbed English
- flowerer English
- flowerest English
- floweret English
- flowereth English
- flowerette English
- flowerful English
- flowerhead English
- flowerhorn English
- flowerkind English
- flowerless English
- flowerlike English
- flowerly English
- flowerness English
- flowerpecker English
- flowerpot English
- flowery English
- foamflower English
- ghostflower English
- globeflower English
- handflower English
- mayblossom English
- mayflower English
- mistflower English
- monkeyflower English
- moonflower English
- nanoflower English
- noonflower English
- orange blossom English
- outblossom English
- paperflower English
- polyflower English
- preflower English
- pseudoflower English
- reblossom English
- reflower English
- satinflower English
- shellflower English
- skyflower English
- snailflower English
- spoonflower English
- starflower English
- strawflower English
- sulphurflower English
- sunflower English
- twinflower English
- unflower English
- wallflower English
- waxflower English
- wildflower English
- windflower English
- *bʰleh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *blōsmaz Proto-Germanic
- *blōstmô Proto-Germanic
- blostmbære Old English
- blostmian Old English
- blostmig Old English
- blōstm Old English
- blōstma Old English
- blōstmian Old English
- blōstmig Old English
- blosmen Middle English
- blosmy Middle English
- flour Middle English
- blómstr Old Norse
- *bluostmo Old Dutch
- *blōsm Old Frisian
- plaua Tok Pisin