Where does “blood” come from?

Blood comes from Middle English blood, Old English blōd, Proto-Germanic blōþą, and Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, ultimately deriving from the root bʰel-.

blood (English): A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many...

Definitions

  1. A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many...

Ancestry of “blood”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbloodblood
2Old Englishblōdblood
3Proto-West Germanicblōdblood
4Proto-Germanicblōþąblood
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “blood”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →
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