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Where does “bleuet” come from?

bleuet (French) comes from French bleu, from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, 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.

bleuet (French): cornflower; North American blueberry

Definitions

  1. cornflower; North American blueberry

Ancestry of “bleuet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbleublue; very rare, underdone; the color blue
2Middle Frenchbleublue
3Old Frenchblöe—
4Latvianblāvusaccusative plural masculine form of blāvs
5Old High Germanblāoblue, dark, grey; blue; yellow
6Proto-West Germanicblāublue
7Proto-Germanicblēwazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlēw-yellow, blond, grey

Words derived from “bleuet”

  • bluet
  • bleuetière
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