Plant & Flower Names · Entry
Daffodil
Latin via Dutch and English
“uncertain; the modern form likely grew out of 'de affodil' merging into one word”
Where it comes from
asphodelus ('asphodel'), altered by the Dutch article de
Fun Fact
Daffodil is one of relatively few English plant names thought to have picked up its leading 'd' entirely by accident, through a misheard or re-analyzed article in an earlier phrase.