An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Florin

by Friedrich Kluge

Florin, m., ‘florin,’ from late MidHG. flôrîn, m., ‘a gold coin first made in Florence, and stamped with a lily, the armorial bearings of the town’ (appeared about the middle of the 14th cent.); MidLat. florinus, from flos, ‘flower’; Ital. fiore.