Primrose
[ˈprɪmroʊz]Meaning
from the English word for the flower, from Latin prima rosa, "first rose"
Background Story
Primrose comes from the English word for the flower, which derives from Latin prima rosa, "first rose". As a given name it is one of the 19th-century flower names. The surname Primrose derives from a place name in Fife, Scotland, which Watson derived from Pictish or Proto-Brythonic *prenn, "wood, tree", and *rros, "moor, heath", while Taylor argued for Scottish Gaelic prím, "first", and ros, "promontory"; the form was changed by folk etymology because of its phonetic resemblance to primrose.
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