Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A mixture of two or more things. · A word formed by combining two other words; a portmanteau word.
To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. · To be mingled or mixed. · To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
From Middle English blenden, either from Old English blandan, blondan, ġeblandan, ġeblendan or from Old Norse blanda (“to blend, mix”) (which was originally a strong verb with the present-tense stem blend; compare blendingr (“a blending, a mixture; a half-breed”)), whence also Danish blande, or from a blend of the Old English and Old Norse terms; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to blend; mix; combine”). Compare Middle Dutch blanden (“to mix”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (blandan), Old Church Slavonic блєсти (blesti, “to go astray”).
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