This document provides information on the origins and evolution of the word "flower" including: - The definition of flower as the colored part of a plant that fruits develop from, often made up of petals. - The etymology tracing the word from Old French and Latin roots meaning blossom or flowering plant. - How the meaning and usage expanded from the 14th century on to refer to prime of life, excellence, and as a symbol of transience.

1. Flower
The destiny of the word

2. The definition: "flower"
ˈflaʊə(r)] (noun, count.) - a
colored part of a plant from
which the plant's fruits
develops. A flower is often
made up of many petals. Ex.:
the plant has small white
flowers.
A flower and it's stem that
have been removed from a
plant. Ex: he gave me a big
bunch of flowers.

3. The etymology: "flower "
c. 1200, flour, also flur, flor,
floer, floyer, flowre, "the
blossom of a plant; a
flowering plant," from Old
French flor "flower,
blossom; heyday (зенит),
prime; fine flour; elite;
innocence, virginity"
(12c., Modern French
fleur), from Latin florem
(nominative flos) "flower"
(source of Italian fiore,
Spanish flor; compare
flora).

4. The etymology: "flower "
From late 14c. in English as
"blossoming time," also, figuratively,
"prime of life, height of one's glory
or prosperity, state of anything that
may be likened to the flowering
state of a plant." As "the best, the
most excellent; the best of its class
or kind; embodiment of an ideal,"
early 13c. (of persons, mid-13c. of
things); for example flour of milk
"cream" (early 14c.); especially "wheat
meal after bran (отруби) and other
coarse elements have been
removed, the best part of wheat"
(mid-13c.). Modern spelling and full
differentiation from flour (n.) is from
late 14c.

5. The etymology: "flower "
In the "blossom of a plant"
sense it ousted its Old
English cognate blossom
(see blossom (n.)). Also used
from Middle English as a
symbol of
transitoriness(бренность)
(early 14c.); "a beautiful
woman" (c. 1300); "virginity"
(early 14c.). Flower-box is
from 1818. Flower-
arrangement is from 1873.
Flower child "gentle hippie"
is from 1967.

6. Assimilation: "flower".
Phonetics.
На фонетическом уровне
слово ассимилировано
хорошо. Заимствование
происходит устным путем.
Опосредованное
заимствование (латынь –
французский(12 век) –
английский (13 век)).
Сохраняет элементы
французской графики

7. Assimilation: "flower".
Semantics
На семантическом уровне, в
результате конкретизации,
слово от значения «цветковое
растение» приобретает
значение «расцвет, лучшая
отборная часть чего-либо».
Пр.: the flower of life (расцвет
жизни)
Первоисточником является
латинское Flora.
Флорой называли богиню весны
и цветов у римлян.

8. Assimilation: "flower".
Morphology
Слово употребляется как с
неопределённым артиклем,
так и с определённым:
Пр.:a flower, the flower
• изменяется по числам
путем добавления
постфикса –s
Пр.: flower – flowers

9. Assimilation: "flower".
Употребляется с
прилагательными.
Пр.: a beautiful flower
• С существительными в
качестве прилагательного.
Пр.: a flower girl
• В составе сложных слов.
Пр.: a flowerpot, a flower-piece
(цветочный натюрморт)