blunder的词源

英文词源

blunder

blunder: [14] When blunder first entered the language, it meant ‘stumble around blindly, bumping into things’, which gives a clue to its possible ultimate connection with blind. Its probable source was Old Norse blundra ‘shut one’s eyes’, forerunner of Swedish blunda and Norwegian blunda (Jon Blund is the Swedish equivalent of ‘the sandman’), and very likely a descendant of Indo-European *bhlendhos, from which blind comes. The first record of the modern sense ‘foolish mistake’ comes in Edward Phillips’s The new world of English words 1706.
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blunder (v.)

mid-14c., "to stumble about blindly," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse blundra "shut one's eyes," from PIE root *bhlendh- (see blind). Meaning "make a stupid mistake" is first recorded 1711. Related: Blundered; blundering.

blunder (n.)

mid-14c., apparently from blunder (v.), though of about the same age.

中文词源

blunder：犯愚蠢错误

发音释义：['blʌndə] vi.（因无知、轻率）犯愚蠢的错误；说漏嘴；跌跌撞撞地走n.愚蠢的错误；失策

词源解释：blunder←古挪威语blundra（闭上眼睛）←原始印欧语bhlendh（盲目）

同源词：blind（盲目的）；blunt（钝）

blunder一词的本意是“因为blind（盲目）而绊倒或犯错”，现用来表示因为无知或轻率而犯下愚蠢的错误。

助记窍门：blunder→blind under→对下面情况盲目→不了解情况就轻率行动→犯愚蠢错误

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：blunder 词源，blunder 含义。

blunder：大错

词源同blind, 眼盲的。

blunder：踉踉跄跄地走，(因无知，粗心等而)犯大错

根源于原始印欧语bhlendhos(混沌的),在古斯堪的纳维亚语中是blunda(闭眼)。

同源词：blend, blind, blunt