Daisy
/ˈdeɪ.zi/noun
A common flowering plant of the daisy family, with a yellow center and white rays.
Did you know?In Old English, the flower was called dægeseage, a poetic name for the “eye of day,” because its blooms open in daylight and close at night.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
dægeseage
““day’s eye,” a name for the daisy flower”
Middle English
ME
daisye
“the daisy flower”
Late Middle English
ME
dayeseye
“a folk-etymological spelling reflecting the meaning “day’s eye””
Modern English
English
daisy
“the common flowering plant”