{"era":"current","word":"blade","meaning":"The flat cutting part of a tool or weapon, such as a knife or sword.","children":[{"era":"pre-1400","word":"blad","meaning":"leaf, flat part","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"blæd","meaning":"leaf, blade, flat part","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"*blædan","meaning":"to swell, bloom","children":[],"language":"Proto-Germanic"}],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}