English
exsanguinate
Exsanguinate comes from New Latin exsanguinātus ‘depleted of blood, exsanguinated’.
- New Latinc. 1500–1900exsanguinātus‘depleted of blood, exsanguinated’
- Englishearliest quotation 1873exsanguinate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- New Latinc. 1500–1900exsanguinātus‘depleted of blood, exsanguinated’
- Englishearliest quotation 1873exsanguinate
Earliest quotation: 1873, John A. Lidell, Cerebral Hemorrhage: “The substance of the brain was not congested but,…”
The story
Exsanguinātus is a participial adjective formed on ex- (‘out, from’) + sanguī̆s (sanguin-) (‘blood’) + -ātus.
Every English word from New Latin exsanguinātus
Today it means
verb To drain (a living or dead body, or (medicine, surgery) a body part) of blood.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / New Latin exsanguinātus / exsanguinate