Where does “bleu” come from?

bleu (Middle French) comes 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.

bleu (Middle French): blue

Definitions

  1. blue

Ancestry of “bleu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchblöeblue
2Latvianblāvusaccusative plural masculine form of blāvs
3Old High Germanblāoblue, dark, grey; blue; yellow
4Proto-West Germanicblāublue
5Proto-Germanicblēwazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlēw-yellow, blond, grey

Words derived from “bleu”

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