Etymograph

English

bloomer

Bloomer comes from Middle English blome ‘iron ingot’, and goes back to Old English blōma ‘The (mass of) metal extracted from the ore’.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150blōma1‘The (mass of) metal extracted from the ore’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500blome1‘iron ingot’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500blomer1
  4. Englishtodaybloomer1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English bloomer

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150blōmaWiktionary, English bloomer‘The (mass of) metal extracted from the ore’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500blomeWiktionary, English bloomer‘iron ingot’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500blomerWiktionary, English bloomer
  4. EnglishtodaybloomerWiktionary, English bloomer

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘to bloom, to flower’

full, blood, fool, flower, blade, bless, foil, floral, bleed, flora, flourish, folly, folio, blossom, fleur, florist, ferret, folic, belladonna, flor, exfoliate, 55 more

through Proto-Germanic *blōaną ‘to bloom’

blow, 1 more

Today it means

noun An ironworker.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “bloomer”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Old English blōma / bloomer

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