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Where does “blenden” come from?

blenden (Dutch) comes from English blend, from Middle English blenden, from Old Norse blanda, from Proto-Germanic blandaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

blenden (Dutch): to blind; to mix in a blender, to blend

Definitions

  1. to blind; to mix in a blender, to blend

Ancestry of “blenden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishblendA mixture of two or more things; A word formed by...
2Middle Englishblenden—
3Old Norseblandato blend, mix
4Proto-Germanicblandanąto blend, make murky; to mix, mingle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlendʰ-to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...
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