Why Is It Called Garland?
Etymology. From the French guirlande, itself from the Italian ghirlanda, a braid. Where did the word garland originate from? Old Occitan guirlanda, borrowed into Italian as ghirlanda, cycled back to French in the 16th century as guirlande, in the sense “circular arrangement of flowers or leaves.” What does garland symbolize? Garlands have been used in …