anemone

Meaning

1. Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower.
2. A sea anemone.

Synonyms

windflower

actinia

sea anemone

crocus

actiniarian

Translations

anémone

anemone

anémona

Anemone

anemoon

Windröschen

anêmona

anemone

anémona

anemona

ανεμόνη

ανεμώνη

Anemone

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈnɛm.ə.ni/

Etymology

Cognate with Phoenician: *𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤍

Cognate with Arabic: شَقَائِق اَلنُّعْمَان

Cognate with Hebrew: -

In summary

From Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”) + matronymic suffix -ώνη (-ṓnē, “daughter of”).
Or from Phoenician *𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤍 (*nʿmn), akin to Arabic شَقَائِق اَلنُّعْمَان (šaqāʔiq an-nuʕmān, “anemones”) and Hebrew (Isaiah Scroll) נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים (nit'ei na'amanim, “plants of pleasantness”).