bluet

The story

1. Old French · derived frombleuet
2. Middle English · derived fromblewe“blue”
3. Middle English · inherited fromblawede
4. English todaybluet

From Middle English blawede, blewed, blewet, bloued, blowed, bloweth, from Middle English blewe (“blue”). Alternatively, perhaps from Old French bleuet (diminutive of bleu (“blue”)). Compare modern French bleuet (“cornflower”). By surface analysis, blue + -et.