English
blondine
Blondine comes from French blondine ‘a blond (fair haired) female’, and goes back to Medieval Latin blondus.
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500blondus‘blond’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentblond‘fair-haired’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentblondin‘blond one’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentblondine‘a blond (fair haired) female’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500blondus‘blond’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentblond‘fair-haired’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentblondin‘blond one’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentblondine‘a blond (fair haired) female’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- ‘blond, red-haired, ruddy suggests derivation…’
Today it means
noun A bleach that colors the hair blonde.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Medieval Latin blondus / blondine