Where does “blindfold” come from?
Blindfold comes from Middle English blynfold, derived from Middle English blyndfelled, with the original sense of striking blind or depriving of sight.
blindfold (English): A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes,...
Definitions
- A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes,...
Ancestry of “blindfold”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | blyndefolde | — |
| 2 | Middle English | blindfellen | to strike blind |
| 3 | Middle English | fellen | to fell |
| 4 | Old English | fellan | Alternative form of fiellan |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *fallijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fallijaną | to cause to fall, to fell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 9 | Slovincian | pól | — |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |
Words derived from “blindfold”