Where does “bloodsuckery” come from?
bloodsuckery (English) comes from English bloodsucker, from English sucker, from English suck, from Middle English souken, from Old English sūcan, from Proto-West Germanic sūkan, from Proto-Germanic sūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sug- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
bloodsuckery (English): The state or actions of being a bloodsucker; parasitism
Definitions
- The state or actions of being a bloodsucker; parasitism
Ancestry of “bloodsuckery”, step by step
bloodsuckery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bloodsucker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bloodsucker | An animal that drinks the blood of others,... |
| 2 | English | sucker | A person or animal that sucks, especially a... |
| 3 | English | suck | An instance of drawing something into one's mouth... |
| 4 | Middle English | souken | To suck; to extract or draw with the mouth; To... |
| 5 | Old English | sūcan | to suck |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sūkan | to suck; to suckle |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sūkaną | to suck; to suckle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sug- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |
via English ery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ery | — |