forget-me-not

/fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/ · noun

Meaning

Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant.
Any of certain species of genus Cynoglossum
A light tint of blue, the color of the flower.
Any of various light-blue coloured lycaenid butterflies of the Asian and Australasian genus Catochrysops, especially Catochrysops strabo native to India and Southeast Asia.

Etymology / origin

Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.

Vergissmeinnicht(German)→
ne m'oubliez mie(frm)→
forget-me-not (English)
Relations: calque, der

Related words

ne m'oubliez mie(frm)Vergissmeinnicht(German)忘れな草(Japanese)

Descendant words

忘れな草(Japanese) (cal)

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