Where does “bloodthirsty” come from?
Bloodthirsty is a compound of English blood and thirsty, with blood descending from Middle English blood, Old English blōd, Proto-Germanic blōþą, and Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
bloodthirsty (English): Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager...
Definitions
- Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager...
Ancestry of “bloodthirsty”, step by step
bloodthirsty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Blood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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- | — |