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Where does “blanden” come from?

blanden (Middle English) comes from Old English blandan, from Proto-Germanic blandaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

Ancestry of “blanden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishblandanto blend; to mix, mingle; to corrupt, make impure
2Proto-Germanicblandanąto blend, make murky; to mix, mingle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlendʰ-to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

Words derived from “blanden”

  • blunder
  • blundering
  • blunderingly
  • blunderhead
  • blunderous
  • blunderful
  • blundersome
  • blunderously
  • blunderen
  • blunder
  • blunder
  • blonder
  • blundren
  • blondren
  • blunder
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