Etymology

bloodstained

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Today it means: Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood. Full definition →

English stained ← Middle English blood ← Old English blōd
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₃-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*blōþą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*blōd
  4. Old Englishblōd
  5. Middle Englishblood
  6. Englishblood
  7. Englishstained
  8. English todaybloodstained

From blood + stained.

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