Where does “Blindtext” come from?
Blindtext (German) comes from German blind, from Old High German blint, from Proto-West Germanic blind, from Proto-Germanic blindaz, from French blindage, from French blinder, from French blinde, from German blende — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...
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Ancestry of “Blindtext”, step by step
Blindtext traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German blind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | blind | blind; cloudy |
| 2 | Old High German | blint | blind |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | blind | blind |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blindaz | blind |
| 5 | French | blindage | armour, armour plating |
| 6 | French | blinder | to armor; to reinforce |
| 7 | French | blinde | pieces of wood used as cover or protection;... |
| 8 | German | blende | inflection of blenden: ## first-person singular... |
| 9 | German | blenden | to dazzle; to blind; to show off; to pose; to... |
| 10 | Middle High German | blenden | to blend, mix |
| 11 | Old High German | blenten | — |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | blandijaną | to blind |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlendʰ- | to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;... |
via German text
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | text | text writing consisting of several sentences and forming a discrete unit |
| 2 | Middle High German | text | — |
| 3 | Latin | textus | woven, having been woven; texture, structure;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |