Where does “bloodlust” come from?
Bloodlust combines English blood with Middle English lust, itself from Old English lust, tracing through Proto-Germanic blōþą and Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, meaning to swell or flow.
bloodlust (English): A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused...
Definitions
- A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused...
Ancestry of “bloodlust”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Blood | A member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods |
| 2 | Middle English | blood | blood |
| 3 | Old English | blōd | blood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | blōd | blood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |