Introduction

Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰ-: "to bloom" is represented almost entirely by Greek ἄνθος ánthos, but there's just enough smattering across other branches to demonstrate that it's not something the Greeks picked up after they split from the rest of IE.

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰ- to bloom Late Central

Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰti blooms
- Albanian end to bloom
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éndʰos a bloom, a flower
- Old Armenian անդ and field, field of grain, arable land
  - Armenian հանդ hand field, arable land, pasture land
- Hellenic *ántʰos flower, blossom
  - Classical Greek ἄνθος ánthos flower, bloom, brilliance
    
    Byzantine Greek ἄθος áthos flower, blossom, ornament
    
    Greek άνθος ánthos flower, bloom re-classicized
    
    English Anthony modified from Antony/Antonius by association with Greek anthos ^[1]
    
    English antho-
    
    English -anthous
    
    Classical Greek Ianthe divine name, personal name: Violet, Violet-Flower
    
    Classical Greek Εὐανθής Euanthēs divine name, personal name: Well-Blooming
    
    Classical Greek Χρύσανθος Khrusánthos personal name: Gold-Flower
    
    Latin Chrysanthos
    
    Classical Greek ἄκᾰνθος ákanthos acanthus, thorn
    
    Translingual Acanthus a taxonomic genus of prickly herbs
    
    Translingual Pyracantha taxonomic genus of the firethorn shrubs
    
    Translingual Calanthe a genus of Christmas orchids as if καλἄνθη
    
    English calanthe
    
    Translingual Dianthus genus of carnations and pinks as if δῖἄνθος
    
    Classical Greek ἄνθος ánthos a small bird, the yellow wagtail?
    
    Translingual Anthus genus of pipits
    
    Classical Greek ἀνθίας anthías swallowtail sea perch
    
    Translingual Anthias anthias species name of the swallowtail sea perch
    
    Classical Greek ἀνθηρός anthērós flowery, blooming, splendid
    
    Latin anthēra
    
    French anthère anther
    
    English anther
    
    Classical Greek Ἀνθεία Antheia divine epithet: Flower-Goddess (of Aphrodite, Hera)
    
    Classical Greek ἀνθολογία anthologíā flower-picking, bouquet, collection of poems ^[2]
    
    Greek ανθολογία anthología anthology
    
    Latin anthologia collection of poems, anthology ^[2]
    
    English anthology ^[2]
    
    Japanese アンソロジー ansorojī anthology
    
    Latin flōrilegium anthology (Renaissance) ^[2]
    
    French florilège anthology
    
    Spanish florilegio anthology
    
    Classical Greek ἀνθέω anthéō to flower, to blossom
    
    Classical Greek ἄνθεμον ánthemon flower
    
    Classical Greek Ἀνθεμοῦς Anthemoûs place name: Flowerful
    
    Greek Ανθεμούντας Anthemountas
    
    Latin Anthemūs
    
    Classical Greek ἀνθέμιον anthémion anthemion, little? flower
    
    Greek ανθέμιο anthémio floral pattern, anthemion
    
    English anthemion
    
    Classical Greek Ανθέμιος Anthémios Little Flower
    
    Latin Anthemius
    
    Old East Slavic Онѳимє Onthime
    
    Russian Онфим Onfim
    
    English Onfim
    
    Classical Greek χρυσάνθεμον khrusánthemon gold-flower, buttercup
    
    Latin chrȳsanthemum
    
    English chrysanthemum
    
    Translingual Chrysanthemum taxonomic genus of chrysanthemums
- Indo-Iranian *Hándʰas
  - Indo-Aryan *Hándʰas
    
    Sanskrit 𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀥𑀂 ándhaḥ Soma, herb

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Footnotes

The name Anthony is a hyper-correction of Antony (from Latin Antonius) under the influence of Greek anthos and/or anthros.

Classical Greek ἀνθολογία anthologíā literally means "flower-collecting, flower-picking, a bouquet". Meleager of Gadara put together an anthology of poetry which he named Στέφανος, "The Garland" with the analogy of the collected poems/poets as flowers. This was later expanded as the Anthologia Graeca, "the Greek Flower-Collection, or Greek Anthology". Its many centuries of popularity eventually led to the adoption of the word ἀνθολογία/anthologia to mean things like it. Some Romance languages translate this as flōrilegium, florilège, etc.

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