Etymology

bloodsucking

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Today it means: That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person. Full definition →

English sucking ← 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. Englishsucking
  8. English todaybloodsucking

From blood + sucking.

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