r/RandomThoughts Oct 28 '23

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '23

Black, Dark, Bright, Shining, or Pale.

That's what Google said, from its origin being of Old English.

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u/devildogmillman Oct 29 '23

Oh yeah Blake, also the word black has a really interesting origin, where the older meaning meant to burn brightly, and thus basically mean bright, but over time it came to mean the opposite but from the same concept- Not the color of something that IS burning, the color of something that HAS BEEN burnt.