Etymograph

English

emblazon

Emblazon comes from Old French blason ‘shield’, and goes back to Vulgar Latin *blasō.

  1. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*blasōreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400blason‘shield’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1956emblazon

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*blasōreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400blason‘shield’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1956emblazon

Earliest quotation: 1956, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, Railway Heraldry: “The ordered system of symbols which we know as…”

Formed from en- + blazon

Vulgar Latin *blasō

Old French blason ‘shield’

Middle English blason ‘shield’

English blazon

Every English word from Vulgar Latin *blasō

Today it means

verb To adorn with prominent markings.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Vulgar Latin *blasō / emblazon

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