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Where does the word "fuchsia" come from? It comes from German Leonhart Fuchs, and was adopted directly into English (1850s).
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Where does the word "fuchsia" come from? It comes from German Leonhart Fuchs, and was adopted directly into English (1850s).
Fuchsia’s story begins in German: Leonhart Fuchs meant “a botanist's name.” A German botanist honored in the name of the vividly flowered plant. It reached English by 1850s as fuchsia. The plant's name lent to the vivid purplish-pink color of its flowers. Today, fuchsia means a vivid purplish-pink color, named for the flowering plant.
- Stage 1 · German · 1500s Leonhart Fuchs "a botanist's name", a German botanist honored in the name of the vividly flowered plant.
- Stage 2 · English · 1850s fuchsia "a vivid purplish-pink color", the plant's name lent to the vivid purplish-pink color of its flowers.