blanquette

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bhleg-“to shine”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*blankaz“white, bright, blinding”
3. Frankish · derived from*blank“gleaming, white, blinding”
4. Medieval Latin · derived fromblancus
5. Provençal · derived fromblanqueto
6. French · borrowed fromblanquette
7. English todayblanquette

Borrowed from French blanquette, from Provençal blanqueto, a diminutive of blanc (“white”), derived, through early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Compare blanket.

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