English

gray-blue

From gray + blue.

A compound of gray + blue

Proto-Germanic *grēwaz ‘grey’

Proto-West Germanic *grāg

Old English grǣġ ‘grey’

Middle English gray

English gray

Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw- ‘yellow, blond, grey’

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Old French bloe ‘blue’

Middle French bleu

Anglo-Norman blew

Middle English blew

English blue

Today it means

adj Synonym of blue-gray.

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

Etymograph / gray-blue