Where does “bleuissable” come from?
bleuissable (French) comes from French bleuir, 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 — yellow, blond, grey.
bleuissable (French): able to be made blue
Ancestry of “bleuissable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bleuir | to make blue, turn blue; to turn blue, go blue |
| 2 | French | bleu | blue; very rare, underdone; the color blue |
| 3 | Middle French | bleu | blue |
| 4 | Old French | blöe | — |
| 5 | Latvian | blāvus | accusative plural masculine form of blāvs |
| 6 | Old High German | blāo | blue, dark, grey; blue; yellow |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | blāu | blue |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | blēwaz | blue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlēw- | yellow, blond, grey |