Where does “blanketry” come from?

blanketry (English) comes from English blanket, from Middle English blanket, from Old French blanquette, from Old French blanc, from Late Latin blancus, from Frankish blank, from Proto-Germanic *blank, from Proto-Germanic blankaz — to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch.

blanketry (English): Blanket-making; blankets collectively

Definitions

  1. Blanket-making; blankets collectively

Ancestry of “blanketry”, step by step

blanketry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English blanket

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishblanketA heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and...
2Middle Englishblanket
3Old Frenchblanquette
4Old Frenchblancwhite
5Late Latinblancuswhite
6Frankishblankbright; gleaming, white, blinding; bright,...
7Proto-Germanic*blank
8Proto-Germanicblankazbright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbhleg-to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch

via English ry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishryA test pattern consisting of a repeating character string alternating letters R and Y, used to test five-level teleprinter and radioteletype (RTTY) systems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhleg-
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