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Where does “pansy” come from?

Pansy comes from Middle French pensée, meaning "thought" or "remembrance," originally referring to the flower's association with meditation.

pansy (English): A cultivated flowering plant, derived by...

Definitions

  1. A cultivated flowering plant, derived by...

Ancestry of “pansy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpenséethought

Words derived from “pansy”

  • pansied
  • pansified
  • pansylike
  • pansification
  • パンジー
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