From Greek "anthología" (a garland, a collection of flowers), a compound of "ánthos" (flower) and "logía" (a collecting, a picking), from "légō" (I gather, I pick). The element "ánthos" derives from PIE *h₂endʰ-os (bloom, blossom), related to Sanskrit "ándhas" (herb, plant) and possibly Albanian "ëndë" (cream, the flower of milk). The second element comes from PIE *leǵ- (to gather, collect), which also produced Latin "legere" (to read, originally to gather letters
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Greek 'anthos' (flower) appears in 'chrysanthemum' (gold flower), 'anthology' (flower-gathering), and 'anther' (the pollen-bearingpart of a flower). An anthology is literally a bouquet of literary blossoms.