Blade
/bleɪd/noun
A flat, thin cutting edge or the sharp part of a tool, weapon, or machine.
Did you know?The English word blade likely began as an Old English word meaning a leaf, showing how languages often turn the shape of nature into the language of weapons.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bhel-
“To bloom, shine, or swell”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*bladam
“Leaf, blade of grass, or plant shoot”
Old English
OE
blæd
“Leaf, plant shoot, or the blade of a sword”
Middle English
ME
blade
“Leaf or sword blade”
Modern English
English
blade
“The flat cutting part of a knife, sword, or similar object”