Where does “bluastro” come from?
bluastro (Italian) comes from French bleuâtre, 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.
bluastro (Italian): bluish
Ancestry of “bluastro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bleuâtre | bluish |
| 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 |