consanguineous

[ kon-sang-gwin-ee-uhs ]

adjective

1. having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.

Other Words From

• consan·guine·ous·ly adverb

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

Example Sentences

Whither Mollendorf went next, we will not ask: perhaps to Brunswick and other consanguineous places?

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Who is to say which John begat this lad or that lass, and therefore to decide who are consanguineous, and who are not?

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Now this accentuation of all family characters is what must always happen in the case of consanguineous marriages.

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So that the percentage of marriages ordinarily considered consanguineous is probably between two, and two and a half.

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Consanguineous marriages have been very frequent, until now nearly all are more or less interrelated.

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