From the Latin “flos”, “floris” “flower, the finest part of something”; "best part of something" hence "upper part" and "surface of something".
Agricultural terminology: fleur de lait, a phrase that seems to have been formed in Normandy for the cream that is flush with the surface of the milk...
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