emblement

Meaning

Noun

• Annual crops produced by cultivation. Emblements are treated as personal property.

Origin

• , from Frankish *blād ("produce"), from Proto-Germanic *blēdaz, *blēdō, from Proto-Indo-European *bhlēdh-, *bhlō(w)-, *bhol-. Cognate with Old High German blāt ("flower, blossom, prosperity"), Middle Dutch blaad ("leaf"), Old English blǣd ("shoot, flower, fruit, harvest, wealth"). More at bloom.