Etymology

blind

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Today it means: Unable to see, or only partially able to see. Full definition →

Middle English blynd ← Old English blind ← Proto-West Germanic *blind
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blind · adjective, noun, verb, adverb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*blindaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*blind
  3. Old English · inherited fromblind
  4. Middle English · inherited fromblynd
  5. English todayblind

From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blind, Faroese and Icelandic blindur.

Blind · proper noun2

English, German, and Jewish/Yiddish surname, all related to the adjective blind.

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