English

grey-blue

From grey + blue.

A compound of grey + blue

Proto-Germanic *grēwaz ‘grey’

Proto-West Germanic *grāu ‘grey’

Old English grēġ ‘grey’

Middle English grey ‘grey’

English grey

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

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