Etymology

blueberry

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Today it means: An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening. Full definition →

English berry ← Middle English berie ← Old English berġe
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁wos
  4. Proto-Germanic*blēwaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*blā
  6. Late Latinblāvus
  7. Anglo-Normanble
  8. Middle Englishblew
  9. Englishblue
  10. Proto-Germanic*bazją
  11. Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
  12. Old Englishberġe
  13. Middle Englishberie
  14. Englishberry
  15. English todayblueberry

From blue + berry.

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