Where does “daisy” come from?

Daisy comes from Middle English dayesye, from Old English dæġes ēaġe, literally meaning "day's eye," referring to the flower's tendency to close at night and open again in daylight.

daisy (English): A wild flowering plant "Bellis perennis" of the...

Definitions

  1. A wild flowering plant "Bellis perennis" of the...

Ancestry of “daisy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdayesyedaisy
2Old Englishdæġes ēagedaisy

Words derived from “daisy”

Every word from Old English dæġes ēage →Every word from Middle English dayesye →