Etymology

Blanche

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Today it means: A female given name from French. Full definition →

Old French blanc
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromblanc“white”
  2. English todayBlanche

From Old French blanc (“white”). The surname originated as a nickname, or as a matronymic.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchblanc all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.