Rosa
/ˈroʊ.zə/noun
A rose, especially the flower or the genus of rose plants.
Did you know?Rosa comes from Latin, and the same ancient flower-name helped seed a huge family of words across Europe, but the deeper origin of the root is still uncertain.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁reudʰ-
“a proposed ancestral root connected to redness or blooming, though the exact prehistory of rose is uncertain”
Latin
Latin
rosa
“rose; the rose plant or its flower”
Old French
OF
rose
“rose, the flower”
Middle English
English
rose
“the rose flower”
Modern English
English
rosa
“a rose; used as a learned form or proper name in some contexts”