Where does “blond” come from?

blond (Old French) 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;...

Ancestry of “blond”, 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 “blond”

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