Etymology

blue-grey

Today it means: Commonwealth standard spelling of blue-gray. Full definition →

Middle English blew gray
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromblew gray
  2. English todayblue-grey

From Middle English blew gray, equivalent to blue + grey.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishblew gray all →

blue-gray

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.