Etymology

cordon bleu

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French cordon bleu
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  1. French · borrowed fromcordon bleu“blue ribbon”
  2. English todaycordon bleu

Borrowed from French cordon bleu (“blue ribbon”). The blue ribbon was originally a French insignium indicating chivalry.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.