Bleb
/blɛb/noun
A small bubble or blister, especially on a surface or in tissue.
Did you know?The word is first recorded in the 17th century as a dialectal or onomatopoeic form, likely imitating the look or feel of a swollen bubble rather than descending from a dramatic classical root.
Etymological Timeline
17th Century
English
bleb
“a small blister, bubble, or swelling”
Middle English
English
blebbe / bleb
“dialectal forms probably imitating a bulge or bubble”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*blab- / *blub-
“imitative roots associated with bubbling, swelling, or blubbering”
Modern English
English
bleb
“a small bubble or blister, especially on a surface or in tissue”