blossom, flower (reproductive structure on plants, often scented and/or colourful) · bloom, blossom, florescence (flowering season) · bloom, heyday, height (era of good development, e.g. of a realm or culture)
köken: From Middle High German blüete, from older bluot, from Old High German bluot, from Proto-Germanic *blōdiz (“blossom, sprout”). Middle High German bluot was originally a feminine inflecting to blüete in the plural and genitive/dative singular; later this alternation was levelled either by generalizing the form blüete or by converting bluot into a masculine. Related with blühen and Blume. Cognate…
köken: From Middle Welsh hoen, from Proto-Celtic *sognos, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to overpower”), but Matasovic calls the difference in meaning "conspicuous." See the adjective hy (“bold, brave”).