Cruor
/ˈkruː.ɔr/noun
Fresh, flowing blood, especially as a vivid or gruesome bodily substance.
Did you know?Latin cruor was the word for blood as a spilled, gruesome substance, and it appears in poetry and ritual contexts where blood carried religious and symbolic force.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kreu-
“to bleed, flow, or ooze”
Classical Latin
Latin
cruor
“blood as a freshly shed, gory substance”
Late Latin
Latin
cruorem
“blood, gore”
Modern English
English
cruor
“a technical or literary term for blood, especially when shed or clotted”