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Where does “blur” come from?

Blur comes from English blear, from Middle English bleren, from Middle Dutch bleren, from Old Dutch blerien, from Proto-Germanic blarjaną.

blur (English): To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim; To...

Definitions

  1. To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim; To...

Ancestry of “blur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishblurre—
2EnglishblearDim, unclear from water or rheum; Causing or...
3Middle Englishbleren—
4Old Englishblǣran—

Words derived from “blur”

  • blurred
  • blurry
  • blurriness
  • blurrily
  • deblur
  • ablur
  • blurredness
  • nonblurred
  • unblur
  • blurless
  • nonblurry
  • beblur
  • unblurry
  • blurrable
Every word from Old English blǣran →