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Blank. Blank. Blankety-blank. What a funny word. Blank. Rhymes with bank, sank, and tank. Also dank, rank, and yank. But its history isn’t blank. The word originally was “blanc” (“white”). Comes from Middle English and Old French. According to trusty Webster. From there it went to Frankish “blank.” (Frankish? Is there a Fredish?) The Frankish word means “white, gleaming.” Akin to Old English “blanca.” Meaning “white steed.” And that got convoluted with Indo-European
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