Black
English
proper noun
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English blak (black) inherited from Old English blāc (pale, shining, wan, pallid, livid, glittering, white, flashing, bright) borrowed from Old French blanc (white).
Origin
Old French
blanc
Gloss
white
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
白
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blackian English
- Blackophobia English
- Blacky English
- black English
- blake English
- *blancus Latin
- *bʰleyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- blacern Old English
- blacian Old English
- blæc Old English
- blāc Old English
- blǣc Old English
- blak Middle English
- blank Middle English
- bleke Middle English
- blonc Middle English
- bleikr Old Norse
- blanc Old French
- blanchir Old French
- blianc Norman
- bllaunc Norman
- bllànc Norman
- blanc Middle French
- *blank Frankish
- blanc Walloon
- blian Bourguignon
- blianc Bourguignon