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blandEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der.? Latin blandusbor. English bland Borrowed from Latin blandus (“pleasant”).
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From Middle English blanden, blonden, from Old English blandan (“to blend, mix, mingle; trouble, disturb, corrupt”), from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to mix, blend”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda, Norwegian, Danish blande, Swedish blanda. See also blend.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗blandEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Middle English bland, from Old English bland, blond (“blending, mixture, confusion”), from Proto-Germanic *blandą (“a mixing, mixture”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to grow turbid, dim, see badly, be blind”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda (“a mixture of liquids, especially of hot whey and water”).
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