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Where does “sang” come from?

sang (Middle French) comes from Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, from Latin sanguinem, from Latin sanguen, from Latin san-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁sh₂-én-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥ — blood.

sang (Middle French): blood

Definitions

  1. blood

Ancestry of “sang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsancblood
2Vulgar Latinsanguem—
3Latinsanguinemaccusative singular of sanguis
4Latinsanguen—
5Latinsan-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁sh₂-én-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésh₂r̥blood
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