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Where does “blaugrana” come from?

blaugrana (French) comes from Catalan blaugrana, from Catalan blau, from Latvian blāvus, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic blāu, from Proto-Germanic blēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlēw- — yellow, blond, grey.

blaugrana (French): of or relating to FC Barcelona, a football team...

Definitions

  1. of or relating to FC Barcelona, a football team...

Ancestry of “blaugrana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanblaugranaof or relating to FC Barcelona, a football team...
2Catalanblaublue; bruise
3Latvianblāvusaccusative plural masculine form of blāvs
4Old High Germanblāoblue, dark, grey; blue; yellow
5Proto-West Germanicblāublue
6Proto-Germanicblēwazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlēw-yellow, blond, grey
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