2021-06-02
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – B – bloom – blossom
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ออกเสียง bloom = ‘BLOOM’
ออกเสียง blossom = ‘BLOS-uhm’
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HISTORICALi USAGE OF BLOOM
Bloom “flower” comes from the Proto-Indo-European root
bhel-, bhol-, bhlē-, bhlō- (with still other variants) “to bloom, thrive.”
InitialProto-Indo-European bh- usually becomes b- inthe Germanic languages, f- in the ancient Italiclanguages (Latin, Oscan, Umbrian),
and ph- in Greek.
Therefore the rootvariant bhlō- yieldsLatin flōs (inflectional stem flōr-) “flower” and its derivatives flōrēre “to blossom, bloom”
and flōrescere “to come into bloom,”
from whichEnglish derives florescence and florescent.
Flower and flour, whichEnglish borrowed from Old French,
were originally only spelling variants.
The root variant bhol- yields folium inLatin
and phúllon in Greek, both meaning“leaf.”
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary
bloom – blossom
Each of these words refers to the flower of a plant.
One may correctly say “The cherry tree is in bloom” or “It is in blossom.”
One may also say “The cherry tree bloomed” or “it blossomed.”
When used figuratively, that is, ina nonliteral sense,
these words have slightly differentapplications.
One would refer to the bloom (notthe blossom) of youth.
One would more suitably write
“The slight youth blossomed into a sturdy athlete”
than “He bloomedinto one.”
Why not use flower and avoidworrying about the minor distinctions involved?
