Old French ''blâme'', ''blasmer'' (= Provençal ''blasme'', Old Spanish ''blasmo'', Italian ''biasimo''), on Romanic type ''blasimo'', < ''blasimare'' < [[Latin]] ''blasphēmāre''. Compare Latin ''blasphēmus'', [[Greek]] ''βλάσϕημος'' adj. ‘blasphemous, reviling.’ | Old French ''blâme'', ''blasmer'' (= Provençal ''blasme'', Old Spanish ''blasmo'', Italian ''biasimo''), on Romanic type ''blasimo'', < ''blasimare'' < [[Latin]] ''blasphēmāre''. Compare Latin ''blasphēmus'', [[Greek]] ''βλάσϕημος'' adj. ‘blasphemous, reviling.’ |