Felicia

//fəˈliʃə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Felix.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the genus Felicia of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English Felicia, from Latin Fēlīcia, from fēlīcia (literally “happy things”), the neuter plural of fēlīx, which often occurred in the phrase tempora fēlīcia (“happy times”).

Etymology 2

From the genus name.

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