blondus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • blundus

Etymology

Found in Medieval Latin, of unknown origin, though usually considered Germanic. A hypothetical Proto-Germanic *blundaz (perhaps meaning “mixed, variegated > colorful, ruddy, blond”) could be derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to become turbid, go blind”) or, as Watkins suggests, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”).[1][2] However, as no such word is attested in any Germanic language (English blond, German blond, etc. all being borrowings from Old French), the Germanic theory mainly rests on comparison to Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhna, “yellowish, ruddy”)[3] and the lack of another plausible derivation.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blondus (feminine blonda, neuter blondum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Medieval Latin) blond.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative blondus blonda blondum blondī blondae blonda
genitive blondī blondae blondī blondōrum blondārum blondōrum
dative blondō blondae blondō blondīs
accusative blondum blondam blondum blondōs blondās blonda
ablative blondō blondā blondō blondīs
vocative blonde blonda blondum blondī blondae blonda

Descendants

See also

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “blond”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ “blond”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  3. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “blond”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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