Where does “blond” come from?

blond (Middle French) comes from Old French blond, 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;...

Ancestry of “blond”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchblond
2Medieval Latinblondusblond
3Frankishblunda mixed color between golden and light-brown
4Proto-Germanicblundazblond; mixed, blinding
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlendʰ-to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

Words derived from “blond

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ-