Where does “biondo” come from?

biondo (Italian) comes from Medieval Latin blondus, from Frankish blund, from Proto-Germanic blundaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

biondo (Italian): blond (man, man's hair), blonde (woman, woman's hair), fair-haired

Definitions

  1. blond (man, man's hair), blonde (woman, woman's hair), fair-haired

Ancestry of “biondo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinblondusblond
2Frankishblunda mixed color between golden and light-brown
3Proto-Germanicblundazblond; mixed, blinding
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlendʰ-to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

Words derived from “biondo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blundaz →Every word from Frankish blund →
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