Etymology

exsanguinate

ex·sang·uin·ate
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Today it means: To drain (a living or dead body, or (medicine, surgery) a body part) of blood. Full definition →

New Latin exsanguinātus
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  1. New Latin · learned borrowing fromexsanguinātus“depleted of blood, exsanguinated; lacking blood, bloodless”
  2. English todayexsanguinate

PIE word *h₁ésh₂r̥ Learned borrowing from New Latin exsanguinātus (“depleted of blood, exsanguinated; lacking blood, bloodless”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Exsanguinātus is a participial adjective formed on ex- (“out, from”) + sanguī̆s (sanguin-) (“blood”) + -ātus.

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