Where does “blueschist” come from?
blueschist (English) comes from English Blue, from Middle English blēwe, from Anglo-Norman blew, from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, from Latvian blāvus, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic blāu — yellow, blond, grey.
blueschist (English): A metamorphic rock containing glaucophane
Definitions
- A metamorphic rock containing glaucophane
Ancestry of “blueschist”, step by step
blueschist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Blue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | blue |
| 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 |
via English schist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | schist | Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline... |
| 2 | French | schiste | shale, schist |
| 3 | Latin | schistos | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σχιστός | cloven, divided; that may be split or cleft;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σχίζω | I split, cleave; I divide |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱeyd- | to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |