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
- (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)
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 | |
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
| albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic) | rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock) | niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic) |
| ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic) | rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses) | lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic) |
| viridis, flāvus (poetic) | viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic) | viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark) |
| glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes) | caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic) | |
| violāceus | purpureus (underlying shade) | roseus |
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)
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “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