Etymology

sandblind

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Today it means: Half-blind; partially blind. Full definition →

Middle English sandblynde ← Old English *sāmblind
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited from*sāmblind“half-blind”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromsandblynde
  3. English todaysandblind

From Middle English sandblynde, alteration (due to association with sand) of *samblynde (“half-blind”), from Old English *sāmblind (“half-blind”), from sam- (“half-”) + blind (“blind”).

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