Where does “blueness” come from?
Blueness is an English formation combining blue with the Middle English suffix -nesse, derived from Old English -nes, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- meaning to shine or swell.
blueness (English): The quality or characteristic of being blue in...
Definitions
- The quality or characteristic of being blue in...
Ancestry of “blueness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Blue | A letterman at Oxford or Cambridge; A member of... |
| 2 | Middle English | blēwe | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | blew | blue |
| 4 | Middle French | bleu | blue |
| 5 | Old French | blöe | — |
| 6 | Latvian | blāvus | accusative plural masculine form of blāvs |
| 7 | Old High German | blāo | blue, dark, grey; blue; yellow |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | blāu | blue |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | blēwaz | blue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlēw- | yellow, blond, grey |