History of English word blood (n.) Old English blod "blood," from Proto-Germanic *blodam "blood" (cognates: Old Frisian blod, Old Saxon blôd, Old Norse bloð, Middle Dutch bloet, Dutch bloed, Old High German bluot, German Blut, Gothic bloþ), from PIE *bhlo-to-, perhaps meaning "to swell, gush, spurt," or "that which bursts out" (compare Gothic bloþ "blood," bloma "flower"), in which case it would be from suffixed form of *bhle-, extended form of root *bhel- (3) "to thrive, bloom" -emia azotemia; ischaemia; septicemia; word-forming element in medicine meaning "condition of the blood," Modern Latin comb. form of Greek haima (genitive haimatos) "blood," possibly from hypothetical PIE root *sai- (3) "thick liquid." hemo- 'aima (blood); hemorrhage; hemophilia; hemoglobin; hematite; hemorrhoids; - http://www.etymonline.com/ Thayer Definition: 1) blood 1a) of man or animals 1b) refers to the seat of life 1c) of those things that resemble blood, grape juice 2) blood shed, to be shed by violence, slay, murder Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: of uncertain derivation |
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