déflorer
French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to completely pluck (a flower)
- (transitive) to deflower
- (transitive) to spoil, to impurify take away purity
Etymology
Affix from French fleur (flower) derived from Latin dēflōrō.
Origin
Latin
dēflōrō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deflower English
- deflowerer English
- deflowereth English
- deflowerment English
- dēflōrātiō Latin
- dēflōrō Latin
- arrière-fleur French
- beauté French
- défloration French
- fleur French
- fleurette French
- fleuron French
- deflouren Middle English
- flur Old French
- flè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- fler Mauritian Creole