köken: Inherited from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef, bleu (“blue”), from Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-, *bʰlh₁-, *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw…
köken: Etymology tree Frankish *bisunnijabor. Vulgar Latin *bisonium Italian bisognobor. Spanish bisoño Borrowed from Italian bisogno, from Vulgar Latin *bisonium, borrowed from Frankish *bisunnija.
köken: Borrowed from Spanish grumete, from Old French groumet (“valet, servant”), from Middle English grome. Doublet of gurmet. Cognate of English gourmet.