"Florence" meaning in Middle French

See Florence in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin flōrens Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Flōrentia Middle French Florence From Latin Flōrentia, from flōrens (“flowering”) + -ia (suffix forming place names). Etymology templates: {{etymon|frm|:uder|la:Flōrentia|id=Q2044|text=++|tree=+}} Etymology tree Latin flōrens Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Flōrentia Middle French Florence From Latin Flōrentia, from flōrens (“flowering”) + -ia (suffix forming place names). Head templates: {{head|frm|proper noun||{{{pl}}}|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} Florence f, {{frm-proper noun|f}} Florence f
  1. Florence (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Cities in Italy, Cities in Tuscany, Italy, Municipalities of Italy, Places in Italy, Places in Tuscany, Italy, Regional capitals of Italy Related terms: Florentin
    Sense id: en-Florence-frm-name-F3uV1QJM Categories (other): Florence, Metropolitan city capitals of Italy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Flōrentius Middle French Florence From Latin Flōrentius. Compare Middle French Maxence m, from Latin Maxentius. Etymology templates: {{etymon|frm|:uder|la:Flōrentius|id=male given name|text=++|tree=+}} Etymology tree Latin Flōrentius Middle French Florence From Latin Flōrentius., {{m+|frm|Maxence|g=m|id=masculine name}} Middle French Maxence m, {{m+|la|Maxentius}} Latin Maxentius Head templates: {{head|frm|proper noun||{{{pl}}}|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} Florence m, {{frm-proper noun|m}} Florence m
  1. a male given name from Latin Tags: masculine
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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