Flora
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Latin Flora, the name of the goddess of flowers, derived from Latin flos 'flower'.
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1590 Flower DEmar-vol2 p. 22
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1274 Flors (abl) RegToul-13thC p. 60;
1301 Flourie (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 257
- ◑ 1164 Florieta (nom) clairvaux-12thc 124
- Old French
- ● 1313 Fleurie Paris1313 p. 81
- Middle French
- ● 1564 Fleurye RegPCC-1 p. 105;
1566 Fleurye ibid. p. 214
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1265x1339 Flora (nom) BBC-Berg 44;
1522x1532 Fiora (nom) DSF p. 56, 13,
Fiore (nom) ibid. p. 54, 60,
Flora (nom) ibid. p. 56, 3
- ◑ 1265x1339 Flurina (nom) BBC-Berg 207;
1522x1532 Florita (nom) DSF p. 58, 38
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Flora". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Flora.