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Where does the word "bloom" come from? It comes from Old Norse blom, and was adopted directly into English (1200s).
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Where does the word "bloom" come from? It comes from Old Norse blom, and was adopted directly into English (1200s).
Bloom’s story begins in Old Norse: blom meant “a flower.” A flower, a blossom. It reached English by 1200s as bloom. Settled as the standard English word for a flower or flowering. Today, bloom means a flower, or the state of flourishing or flowering.
- Stage 1 · Old Norse · medieval blom "a flower", a flower, a blossom.
- Stage 2 · English · 1200s bloom "a flower, or the state of flowering", settled as the standard English word for a flower or flowering.