Etymology

bleck

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Today it means: Any black fluid substance, as in blacking for leather, or black grease. Full definition →

Middle English blek ← Old Norse blek ← Old English blæc
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bleck · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*blaką“that which is black; blackness”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*blak
  3. Old English · derived fromblæc“black tint or dye, ink”
  4. Old Norse · derived fromblek“black tint, ink”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromblek“ink”
  6. English todaybleck

From Middle English blek (“ink”), from Old Norse blek (“black tint, ink”), from Old English blæc (“black tint or dye, ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blaką (“that which is black; blackness”).

bleck · verb2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromblekken
  2. English todaybleck

From Middle English blekken, from the noun above.

bleck · interjection3

Imitative.

Bleck · proper noun4

English surname, spelling variant of Black

Words from the same roots

Old Englishblæc all →

blakeBlackburnBlackmoreBlakeneyBlakeleyblackmoorBlackmerBlakemereBlackmere

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