Pansy

Morpheme

Pansy

Type

free base

Denotation

flowering plant with lowered head that resembles someone deep thought

Etymology

Middle English pense; Middle French pensée; from Old French pensee. pencee “a pansy,” literally “thought, remembrance,” from fem. past participle of penser “to think,” from Latin pensare “consider,” a figurative use of a frequentative of pendere

Evidence

pansies, pansification, pansified, pansy

See Also

Peise, Pense, Peso