The story
- Latin · derived fromblaesus“stammering”
- Late Latin · derived fromBlasius
- English todayBlasius
From Late Latin Blasius, name of a 3rd-4th century Armenian saint, possibly from Latin blaesus (“stammering”), or Latinized from an Ancient Greek name. Doublet of Blaise.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.