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Where does “bloodstained” come from?

Bloodstained comes from English blood, from Middle English blood, from Old English blōd, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

bloodstained (English): Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with...

Definitions

  1. Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with...

Ancestry of “bloodstained”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBloodA member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods
2Middle Englishbloodblood
3Old Englishblōdblood
4Proto-West Germanicblōdblood
5Proto-Germanicblōþąblood
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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