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affodilln.Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French affodille; Latin affodillus, asfodillus. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman affadille, Anglo-Norman and Middle French affodille asphodel, sweet woodruff (c1250 in Old French; also in Anglo-Norman denoting ramsons or wild garlic and perhaps also chives); and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin affodillus (4th cent.; from 11th cent. in British sources), variant of asfodillus (5th cent.), alteration (after formations in -illus : see -illa suffix) of asfodilus (5th cent.), variant of classical Latin asphodelus asphodel n. In later use in sense 2 reborrowed < German Affodill (1577 or earlier; < Middle French affodille and its etymon post-classical Latin affodillus ). Compare Old Occitan afodille (early 13th cent.), afodilh (c1300), Italian asfodelo (c1350 as asfodillo ), and also Dutch affodil , affodille (c1545; 1515 as †affodillus ). Compare asphodel n., daffodil n.In the β. forms with medial -r- after Middle French, French †affrodille, †afrodille, †aphrodille, etc. (16th cent.) and its etymon post-classical Latin aphrodillus (compare quot. 1538 at sense 2), variant of affodillus apparently arising by association with other plant names in aphr- , as e.g. aphrodisias yellow iris, aphron , a sort of wild poppy, etc. Compare Old Occitan afrodil , affrodil (c1200) and Middle Low German affrodille (early 14th cent.). Compare also frodils n. and French forms cited at that entry. Now historical and rare. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > onion, leek, or garlic > garlic > wild garlic a1400 tr. Lanfranc (Ashm.) (1894) 82 (MED) An hory wounde shal be heelid..wiþ poudre of affodill. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 115 R[ecipe] radicis..affodillez [L. affodillorum; ?c1425 Paris of Ramsens]. c1450 in W. R. Dawson (1934) 180 (MED) The decoccion of affodalis, þat is, ramson. ?c1450 in (1896) 18 322 (MED) Þer arn lekys fywe..Garlec þe ton, lec þe toþer, Squirle[c] is þe grete broþer, Gracia dei þat growyth in mede, Affodylle þe fyfte schrede. a1500 (?a1450) Treat. Gardening l. 178 in (1894) 54 166 (MED) Yn the moneth of Auerell Set & sow..Affodyll, redeuay, primrole. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > asphodels (Harl. 221) 7 Affodylle herbe [1499 Pynson Affadyll herbe], affodillus, albucea, [a1500 King's Cambr. affadilla.] ?c1475 (BL Add. 15562) f. 1 Affadyll, herba Affadillus. 1530 J. Palsgrave 193/2 Affadyll a yelowe floure—affrodille [sc. Asphodelus luteus]. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens v. 648 Bysides these two kindes there is found another Affodyl, whose leaues be longer & narrower then the leaues of the first kind, the stalkes be also round, & loden with pleasant yellow flowers. 1611 R. Cotgrave Affrodille, th' Affodille, or Asphodill flower. 1615 G. Markham Eng. Hus-wife in 28 You must be carefull that you take not Daffodil for Affodil. 1640 E. Chilmead tr. J. Ferrand xxxix. 353 Dioscorides prescribes for this purpose the Powder of Aphrodilles, and the seed of Coltes foot, given in drinke. 1658 T. Collins 206 The root of Affodil having in it vertue to quicken and strengthen, doth cherish the heart by defending it from poison and keeping it in strength. 1851 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson tr. F. Knapp III. 434 In the south of Europe and Algiers, the fruit of the Cactus Opuntia has been proposed for a similar purpose [i.e. as a source of sugar]; and in Greece a species of wild affodil (Asphodelus) [Ger. eine Art..wildwachsenden Affodils]. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > daffodil or narcissus 1551 W. Turner sig. B iijv I could neuer se thys herb [asphodelos—ryght affodill] in England but ones, for the herbe that the people calleth here affodill or daffodill is a kynd of narcissus. 1826 R. Wilbraham (ed. 2) 13 Affrodile, the daffodil. 1885 R. Holland Haverdril, a daffodil, Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus. Morley. 1948 C. Mackenzie 233 Our daffodils were originally ‘affodils’, which was a variant of ‘asphodels’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1400 |