why do we yellow hair call blond hair? :\ i could never get it..?

Answer 1

I disagree with the article in Wikipedia. The word "blond" patently originates in the Latin adjective "blandus,a,um" which means "attractive, pleasing". When the Romans got loads of captives from Britain with blond hair, the colour became very fashionable among Roman ladies, who would dye their hair, dust it with gold, or wear blond wigs. There it would be the same semantic context as the English "fair", which is also used as a synonym for "blond".

In Irish, by the way, we also have a special word that is only used for hair colour, but it's "rua" for "red", when the normal word for "red" is "dearg".

And I do wish people would stop copying articles out of wikipedia, it's not holy script, and sometimes wildly inaccurate, because anybody can write an article, and sometimes no one can be bothered for months to check whether it's correct, or to correct it if they do know it's nonsense.

Answer 2

Technically Speaking, Yellow Hair Is Called Blond. But Few People Have What We Would Call "Yellow" Hair (Unless Its Bleached) The Hair Is Often A Combination Of Shades Which Cannot Be Called Simply "Yellow" So, We Use The More General Term "Blond" (Or In The Case Of Artificial Shades "Blonde") Since Hair CAN Be Shades Such As "Ash" Blonde That Are Definitely NOT Yellow.

Answer 3

The word blond was first attested in English in 1481 and derives from Old French blont and meant "a colour midway between golden and light chestnut". It largely replaced the native term fair, from Old English faeger. The French (and thus also the English) word blond has two possible origins. Some linguists say it comes from Middle Latin Blundus, meaning yellow, others say it comes from Old Frankish *blund which would relate it to Old English blonden-feax meaning grey-haired, from blondan/blandan meaning to mix. Also, Old English beblonden meant dyed as ancient Germanic warriors were noted for dying their hair. The linguists who support the Latin origins however say that Middle Latin blundus was a vulgar pronunciation of Latin flavus, also meaning yellow. The word was reintroduced into English in the 17th century from French, and was until recently still felt as French, hence blonde for females and blond for males.[1] Writers of English will still distinguish between the masculine blond and the feminine blonde[2] and, as such, it is one of the few adjectives in English with separate masculine and feminine forms. However, many writers use only one of the spellings without regard to gender, and without a clear majority usage one way or another. The word is also often used as a noun to refer to a woman with blond hair, but some speakers see this usage as sexist[2] and reject it. (Another hair color word of French origin, brunet(te), also functions in the same way in orthodox English.)

Answer 4

Maybe because you are a blonde and cannot get the meaning!

Answer 5

this is the English word with such meanings