Etymology

sanguinolent

san·guin·o·lent
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Today it means: Containing or tinged with blood. Full definition →

Middle English sanguinolent ← Old French sanguinolent ← Latin sanguinolentus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsanguinolentus“of blood”
  2. Old French · derived fromsanguinolent
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsanguinolent
  4. English todaysanguinolent

From Middle English sanguinolent, from Old French sanguinolent, from Latin sanguinolentus (“of blood”).

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