consanguineous

[kon-sang-gwin-ee-uh s]

adjective

Also con·san·guine

[kon-sang-gwin] /kɒnˈsæŋ gwɪn/, con·san·guin·e·al.

Origin of consanguineous

1595–1605; < Latin consanguineus, equivalent to con- con- + sanguin- (stem of sanguis) blood + -eus -eous

Related formscon·san·guin·e·ous·ly, adverb

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The first is the consanguine group of first cousins and nearer.
Folkways
William Graham Sumner
It is evident that the punaluan family was formed out of the consanguine.
Ancient Society
Lewis Henry Morgan
Next, how did the Consanguine family change into the Punaluan?
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2
Various
Consanguine, kon-sang′gwin, adj. related by blood: of the same family or descent—also Consanguin′eous.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Various
Cunow does not see in the consanguine family the most primitive of all social forms, until now discovered.
Woman under socialism
August Bebel

Word Origin and History for consanguine

adj.

c.1600, from French consanguin (14c.), from Latin consanguineus "of the same blood" (see consanguinity).

adj.

c.1600, from Latin consanguineus "of the same blood" (see consanguinity).

consanguine in Medicine

[kŏn′săng-gwĭn′ē-əs]

adj.