blanch

blanch · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰleyǵ-“to shine”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*blankaz“bright, shining, blinding, white”
3. Frankish · derived from*blank
4. Early Medieval Latin · derived fromblancus
5. Old French · derived fromblanc“white”
6. Old French · derived fromblanchir
7. Middle English · inherited fromblaunchen
8. English todayblanch

From Middle English blaunchen, from Old French blanchir, from Old French blanc (“white”), from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Cognates Cognate with blench (“to deceive, to trick”) through Proto-Indo-European, whence other etymology of blanch.

blanch · verb²

Variant of blench, of same Proto-Indo-European origin.

Words from the same roots