blade
- blade
blade (
n.)
O.E. blæd "
a leaf," but also "
a leaf-like part" (of spade, oar,
etc.), from
P.Gmc. *bladaz (
Cf. O.Fris. bled "
leaf,"
Ger. blatt,
O.S.,
Dan.,
Du. blad,
O.N. blað), from
PIE *bhle-to-, suffixed form (p.p.) of
*bhel- (3) "
to thrive, bloom," possibly identical with
*bhel- (2) "
to blow, swell" (see
BOLE (
Cf. bole)). Extended in
M.E. to shoulders (
c.1300) and swords (early 14c.). The modern use in reference to grass may be a
M.E. revival, by influence of
O.Fr. bled "
corn, wheat" (11c., perhaps from Germanic). The
cognate in German,
Blatt, is the general word for "
leaf;"
Laub is used collectively as "
foliage."
O.N. blað was used of herbs and plants,
lauf in reference to trees. This might have been the original distinction in Old English, too. Of men from 1590s; in later use often a reference to 18c. gallants, but the original exact sense, and thus signification, is uncertain.
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