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”). 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”) and the lack of another plausible derivation. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɫɔn.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈblɔn.dus] === Adjective === blondus (feminine blonda, neuter blondum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin) blond. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== blondinus ==== Descendants ==== French: blond Catalan: blond English: blond Occitan: blon Spanish: blondo Galloitalic: Ligurian: biondo Lombard: biond Piedmontese: biond Emilian-Romagnol: biond Italian: biondo Friulian: biont Sicilian: brunnu Venetan: biondo === See also === === References === "blondus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)