blesmir
Old French
Alternative forms
- blemir
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *blesmijan, *blasmijan (“to grow pale; to make pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“shining, white, fair, pale”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine, be white”)
Verb
blesmir
- to damage, harm; to violate
- to stain, discolor; to blemish, sully
Derived terms
- blesmissement
- blesmure
- blesme
Descendants
- Middle French: blemir, blesmir
- French: blêmir
- → Middle English: blemisshen, blemissen
- English: blemish