Etymograph

English

blood

Blood comes from Middle English blood, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *blōþą.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*blōþąreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*blōdreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150blōd
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500blood
  5. Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*blōþąreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*blōdreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150blōd
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500blood
  5. Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599same form

Earliest quotation: c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.: “When thou perceive his blood inclined to mirth”.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘bloom, flower’

full, flower, fool, blow, blade, foil, floral, flora, folly, flourish, blossom, folio, bloom, ferret, fleur, florist, folic, belladonna, flor, exfoliate, 55 more

through Proto-Germanic *blōþą

bless, bleed, 4 more

Today it means

noun A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.

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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *blōþą / blood

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