Etymology of the French word bleu
the Old French word
bleuderived from the Medieval Latin word
blavus (blue)
derived from the Frankish root
*blaoderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-Date
The earliest known usage of bleu in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
bleuter,
bleusaille,
bleuâtre,
blavet,
bleueur,
bleuité,
bleuirDerivations in other languages
English
blue, Italian
blu, Romanian
bleuCognates
Dutch
blauw, English
blue, German
blau, Icelandic
blár, Italian
blu, Italian
biavo, Provençal
blau, Spanish
blavo, Swedish
blo, Yiddish
blojUsage
Word found in Old French
