Meanings
- not comparableRelated by bloodline; consanguineous.
In the family law of very early society descent is in the female line, the control of the children belongs to the mother and her consanguineal kindred.
1882, J. W. Powell, “Outlines of Sociology,”, in Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington, volume 1, page 1241 more example
Social structure and organization within the Nuristani communities of Waigal . . . is based primarily on relations of consanguineal or fictive kinship.
2001, Almuth Degener, “Hunters' Lore in Nuristan”, in Asian Folklore Studies, volume 60, number 2, page 334
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelated by blood
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésh₂r̥
- Proto-Italic*sangwens
- Latinsanguis
- Latincōnsanguineus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishconsanguineal
From Latin cōnsanguineus + English -al.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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