Editing Flour (section)

== Etymology ==
The English word ''flour'' is originally a variant of the word ''[[flower]]'', and both words derive from the [[Old French]] ''fleur'' or ''flour'', which had the literal meaning "blossom", and a figurative meaning "the finest". The phrase ''fleur de farine'' meant "the finest part of the flour", since flour resulted from the elimination of coarse and unwanted matter from the grain during milling.<ref>{{cite book|title=Food: a dictionary of literal and nonliteral terms|first= Robert Allen|last= Palmatier|publisher=Greenwood|year=2000|isbn=978-0-313-31436-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0313314365/page/136 136]|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_0313314365|url-access=registration|location=Westport, CT}}</ref>