Etymology

consanguine

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Today it means: Related by birth or "by blood", i.e. having close ancestors in common. Full definition →

French consanguin ← Latin cōnsanguineu ← Proto-Italic *sangwens
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésh₂r̥
  7. Proto-Italic*sangwens
  8. Latinsanguis
  9. Latincōnsanguineu
  10. Frenchconsanguin
  11. English todayconsanguine

Borrowed from French consanguin. Doublet of consanguineous.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.