blondus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Found in Medieval Latin, of uncertain origin, though usually considered Germanic. A theoretical Proto-Germanic *blundaz (perhaps meaning “mixed, variegated”) 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 the lack of another plausible derivation.
Also compare Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhna, “yellowish”), considered to be related.[3]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈblon.dus/, [ˈbɫ̪ɔn̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈblon.dus/, [ˈblɔn̪d̪us]
Adjective edit
blondus (feminine blonda, neuter blondum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | blondus | blonda | blondum | blondī | blondae | blonda | |
Genitive | blondī | blondae | blondī | blondōrum | blondārum | blondōrum | |
Dative | blondō | blondō | blondīs | ||||
Accusative | blondum | blondam | blondum | blondōs | blondās | blonda | |
Ablative | blondō | blondā | blondō | blondīs | |||
Vocative | blonde | blonda | blondum | blondī | blondae | blonda |
Descendants edit
See also edit
References edit
- blondus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
blundus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “blond”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ “blond”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “blond”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute