Where does “race-blind” come from?

race-blind (English) comes 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, from French blinde — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

race-blind (English): Having no regard as far as considerations of race...

Definitions

  1. Having no regard as far as considerations of race...

Ancestry of “race-blind”, step by step

race-blind traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English blind

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishblindUnable to see, due to physiological or...
2Middle Englishblyndblind, sightless
3Old Englishblindblind; a blind person
4Proto-West Germanicblindblind
5Proto-Germanicblindazblind
6Frenchblindagearmour, armour plating
7Frenchblinderto armor; to reinforce
8Frenchblindepieces of wood used as cover or protection;...
9Germanblendeinflection of blenden: ## first-person singular...
10Germanblendento dazzle; to blind; to show off; to pose; to...
11Middle High Germanblendento blend, mix
12Old High Germanblenten—
13Proto-Germanicblandijanąto blind
14Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlendʰ-to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

via English race

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishraceA contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc....
2Middle Frenchracerace; breed
3Italianrazzarace, breed; kind, type; family, descent
4Italianrazzoskyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;...
5Italianraggioray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius
6Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
7English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
8Middle English-an—

Words derived from “race-blind”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blandijaną →Every word from Old High German blenten →