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edili
German · medieval
"noble"
Old High German word for noble, combined later with the word for white
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Edelweiß
German · 1800s
"noble white; the alpine flower"
compound of 'edel' (noble) and 'weiß' (white), naming the alpine flower
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edelweiss
English · 1862
"a small white-flowered alpine plant"
adopted whole into English for the same Alpine flower
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