blood

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The red liquid that the heart pumps around the body.

   The cut on his hand was covered in blood.

2. 2
   noun

   Family relationship through birth rather than marriage.

   They are related by blood, not by marriage.

3. 3
   noun

   People seen as new members of a group.

   The company needs fresh blood to bring in new ideas.

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Simplified etymology

Blood comes from a Germanic root that appears to have referred both to the liquid in the veins and to descent, race, or kinship. The related verb bleed is also recorded in Old English.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-? Proto-Germanic *blōþą Proto-West Germanic *blōd Old English blōd Middle English blood English blood From Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ("to swell") + -ó- (thematic vowel) + -to (nominalizer), i.e. "that which bursts out". Cognate with Scots blude, bluid (“blood”), North Frisian blud, blödj, Blör (“blood”), Saterland Frisian Bloud (“blood”), West Frisian bloed (“blood”), Cimbrian pluat, pluut (“blood”), Dutch bloed (“blood”), German Blu…

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