Exsanguinate
/ɛkˈsæŋ.ɡwɪ.neɪt/noun
To drain or lose blood; to cause severe blood loss.
Did you know?Exsanguinate comes from Latin ex- (“out of”) + sanguis (“blood”), and that same ancient blood-root also lies behind words like sanguine, consanguineous, and sanguinary.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sengʷʰ-
“to bleed; blood”
Latin
Latin
sanguis
“blood”
Latin
Latin
ex- + sanguis
“out of blood; bloodless”
Late Latin
Latin
exsanguināre
“to drain of blood, to make bloodless”
Modern English
English
exsanguinate
“to drain or lose blood”
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