consanguineous
[ kon-sang-gwin-ee-uhs ]
adjective
having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
Origin of consanguineous
1First 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
- Also con·san·guine [kon-sang-gwin], /kɒnˈsæŋ gwɪn/, con·san·guin·e·al.
Other words from consanguineous
- con·san·guin·e·ous·ly, adverb
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How to use consanguineous in a sentence
The gens is an organized body of consanguineal kindred in the female line.
Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society | John Wesley PowellFrom about 1855 to 1880 much was written about the effect of consanguineal interbreeding.
Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population | George B. Louis ArnerThere is no variation of the social monotony, and the result is socially the same as close consanguineal interbreeding.
Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population | George B. Louis ArnerUsually several of these consanguineal units comprise a village, and their captains form its governing body.
Ceremonies of the Pomo Indians | Samuel Alfred BarrettDo the local and descriptive names of "the clans or consanguineal bands," also descend in the female line?
Method in the Study of Totemism | Andrew Lang
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