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noun
A small stone blade with one sharp and one blunt edge
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhleh3-der. Proto-Germanic *bladą Proto-West Germanic *blad Old English blæd Middle English bladder. Middle English blade English blade Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English bladelet From blade + -let.
