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View synonyms for consanguineous
consanguineous
[ kon-sang-gwin-ee-uhs ]
adjective
- having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
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- consan·guine·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of consanguineous1
First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin consanguineus “related by blood, kindred; blood relation, kinsman,” equivalent to con- + sanguin- (stem of sanguis) “blood” + -eus adjective suffix. Consanguineous first occurs in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (1602), and Shakespeare may have introduced the word into English. See con-, -eous
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