Etymology of the English word deflower
the English word
deflowerderived from the Old French word
defflourerderived from the Late Latin word
deflorare (pluck flowers; deflower, dishonor)
using the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
derived from the Latin word
flos (flower, blossom; youthful prime)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-Cognates
Dutch
defloreren, French
déflorer, German
deflorieren, Italian
deflorare, Norwegian
deflorere, Spanish
desflorar, Swedish
defloreraUsage
Word found in Modern English
