English

ablast

From a- + blast.

Formed from a- + blast

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-

…

Proto-Germanic *blēstuz ‘blowing, blast’

Proto-West Germanic *blāstu ‘blowing’

Old English blǣst ‘blowing, blast’

Middle English blast ‘a blast’

English blast

Today it means

adj Blasting, making a loud noise.

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