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Latin
"of the garden"
Hortense is actually the French feminine form of Hortensia, the name of a strong, politically active early Roman woman. Hortense began to be used in the English-speaking world in the nineteenth…
Greek
"slender, delicate"
Your zany neighbor, the one who's a potter and has five cats.
French
"from Beauvais"
An English surname derived from the French place name Beauvais, which in turn comes from the name of an ancient Gaulish tribe, the Bellovaci.
"whole, healthy"
Another name for the herb sage -- which sounds younger and more modern than this version.
