Where does “blindsider” come from?
blindsider (English) comes from English blindside, from English blind, from Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic blind, from Proto-Germanic blindaz, from French blindage, from French blinder — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...
blindsider (English): One who or that which blindsides
Definitions
- One who or that which blindsides
Ancestry of “blindsider”, step by step
blindsider traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English blindside
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blindside | A driver's field of blindness around an... |
| 2 | English | blind | Unable to see, due to physiological or... |
| 3 | Middle English | blynd | blind, sightless |
| 4 | Old English | blind | blind; a blind person |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blind | blind |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blindaz | blind |
| 7 | French | blindage | armour, armour plating |
| 8 | French | blinder | to armor; to reinforce |
| 9 | French | blinde | pieces of wood used as cover or protection;... |
| 10 | German | blende | inflection of blenden: ## first-person singular... |
| 11 | German | blenden | to dazzle; to blind; to show off; to pose; to... |
| 12 | Middle High German | blenden | to blend, mix |
| 13 | Old High German | blenten | — |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | blandijaną | to blind |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlendʰ- | to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |