blond
French
adj
Definitions
- blond (of a pale golden colour)
- blond (having blond hair)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin blondus borrowed from Frankish *blund (a mixed color between golden and light-brown) derived from Proto-Germanic *blundaz (mixed, blinding, blond).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*blundaz
Gloss
mixed, blinding, blond
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blond English
- blonden English
- blondie English
- blondish English
- blondism English
- blondly English
- blondness English
- ultrablond English
- blondus Latin
- Blondschopf German
- aschblond German
- blond German
- naturblond German
- straßenköterblond German
- strohblond German
- biondastro Italian
- biondeggiare Italian
- biondissimo Italian
- biondo Italian
- blondir French
- *bʰlendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰl̥ndʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *blundaz Proto-Germanic
- blond Swedish
- blond Old French
- blond, blont Old French
- blont Old French
- blunt Old French
- blonda Esperanto
- blond Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- blond Middle French
- *blund Frankish