Where does “blonden” come from?

blonden (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 “blonden”, 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 “blonden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blandaną →Every word from Old English blandan →