Where does β€œBlu-ray” come from?

Blu-ray (English) comes from English Ray, from Middle English rayen, from English array, from Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier, from Latin arrΔ“dō, from Gothic πŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ°πŒΉπŒΈπƒ, from Proto-Germanic garaidaz β€” resin.

Blu-ray (English): The Blu-ray Disc format

Definitions

  1. The Blu-ray Disc format

Ancestry of β€œBlu-ray”, step by step

Blu-ray traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Ray

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRayalso used as a formal given name
2Middle Englishrayenβ€”
3EnglisharrayClothing and ornamentation; A collection laid out...
4Middle Englisharrayenβ€”
5Anglo-Normanarraierβ€”
6LatinarrΔ“dōTo advise
7GothicπŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ°πŒΉπŒΈπƒappointed, ordained
8Proto-Germanicgaraidazready, arranged, prepared
9Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanαΈ±Γ³mbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanαΈ±eDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkytβ€”
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankutiβ€”
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin

via English Blue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBlueA letterman at Oxford or Cambridge; A member of...
2Middle EnglishblΔ“weβ€”
3Anglo-Normanblewblue
4Middle Frenchbleublue
5Old FrenchblΓΆeblue
6Latvianblāvusaccusative plural masculine form of blāvs
7Old High Germanblāoblue, dark, grey; blue; yellow
8Proto-West Germanicblāublue
9Proto-GermanicblΔ“wazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanbΚ°lΔ“w-yellow, blond, grey

Words derived from β€œBlu-ray”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz β†’Every word from Proto-West Germanic kwidu β†’Every word from Old High German kuti β†’