Where does “bloodguiltless” come from?
bloodguiltless (English) comes from English bloodguilt, from English Blood, from Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-West Germanic blōd, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
bloodguiltless (English): Free from bloodguilt
Definitions
- Free from bloodguilt
Ancestry of “bloodguiltless”, step by step
bloodguiltless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bloodguilt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bloodguilt | guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding... |
| 2 | English | Blood | A member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods |
| 3 | Middle English | blood | blood |
| 4 | Old English | blōd | blood |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blōd | blood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |