consanguineous C2 Topic:People & Society US /ˌkɑnsæŋˈɡwɪniəs/ UK /ˌkɒnsaŋˈɡwɪniəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj related by blood or descended from the same ancestor The consanguineous relationship between the cousins was evident. 2 adj involving or denoting people descended from the same ancestor Consanguineous marriages were common in the royal family. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · related by blood or... kinblood-relatedfamilialkindredakin 2 adj · involving or denoting... kindredrelatedfamilial ↔ Opposites unrelatedunconnected Etymology AI details From Latin consanguineus ("of the same blood; related"), from con- ("together") and sanguis ("blood"); via Late Latin and Middle English into Modern English meaning "related by blood." Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # consanguineous **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌkɑnsæŋˈɡwɪniəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌkɒnsaŋˈɡwɪniəs/ ## Meanings 1. related by blood or descended from the same ancestor 2. involving or denoting people descended from the same ancestor ## Examples - The consanguineous relationship between the cousins was evident. - Consanguineous marriages were common in the royal family. ## Synonyms - kin - blood-related - familial - kindred - akin - related ## Antonyms - unrelated - unconnected ## Etymology From Latin consanguineus ("of the same blood; related"), from con- ("together") and sanguis ("blood"); via Late Latin and Middle English into Modern English meaning "related by blood." ## AI Etymology Consanguineous comes from Latin consanguineus ("of the same blood; related"), from con- ("together") and sanguis ("blood"); via Late Latin and Middle English into Modern English meaning "related by blood.". In current use it is an adjective meaning "related by blood or descended from the same ancestor". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The history is mainly one of transmission into English, with the older form and sense carried through borrowing or adaptation. For dictionary purposes, the important point is the continuity between the older form, the route into English, and the present lexical sense. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown