Etymograph

English

floriferous

Floriferous comes from Latin flos.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflos1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015floriferous1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English floriferous
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2015, Mark Diacono, In praise of the Asian pear: “So floriferous are Asian pears, and the tree so…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflosWiktionary, English floriferous
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015floriferousWiktionary, English floriferous. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2015, Mark Diacono, In praise of the Asian pear: “So floriferous are Asian pears, and the tree so…”

Formed from -i- + -ferous

Linked words

through Latin flos

floral, flora, flourish, 14 more

Today it means

adj That bears flowers (especially lots of flowers).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “floriferous”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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