Blond Definition

Origin of Blond

• From Middle French blond m, from Old French blond, blont, from Frankish *blund (“a mixed color between golden and light-brown”), from Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“mixed, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to become turbid, see badly, go blind”). Compare Old English blondenfeax (“grey-haired”), Old English blandan (“to mix”). More at blend.

  From Wiktionary

• Alternative etymology connects Frankish *blund to Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“blond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥ndʰ-, *bʰlendʰ- (“blond, red-haired”). Cognate with Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhná, “ruddy, pale red, yellowish”).

  From Wiktionary

• Middle English blounde from Old French blonde of Germanic origin bhel-¹ in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition