Etymology

bloat

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Today it means: To cause to become distended. Full definition →

Middle English blot ← Old Norse blautr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromblautr“soft”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromblot
  3. English todaybloat

Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishblot all →

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