Etymology

blazon

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Today it means: A verbal or written description of a coat of arms. Full definition →

Middle English blason ← Old French blason
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromblason“shield”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromblason
  3. English todayblazon

From Middle English blason, blasoun (“shield”), from Old French blason (“shield”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchblason all →

blazeremblazon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.