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Bloom

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a flower, or the state of flourishing or flowering
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Stage 1 of 2
blom
Old Norse · medieval
"a flower"
a flower, a blossom
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Stage 2 of 2
bloom
English · 1200s
"a flower, or the state of flowering"
settled as the standard English word for a flower or flowering
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