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consanguinity

Postby William Hupy » Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:23 am

Literally "together of blood". Like a grisly murder scene the Latin root for blood is all over our language.
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Re: consanguinity

Postby Slava » Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:08 pm

Literally "together of blood". Like a grisly murder scene the Latin root for blood is all over our language.

A good Tom Swifty: "The Latin root for blood is all over our language," he said sanguinely.
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