consanguineous
related by blood
Roots
- -ous / -ious: full of or marked by a quality
- com-: with, together, complete, or intensified
- sanguin: blood
Other words with the sanguin root
- consanguinity: relationship by blood
- sanguinary: bloodthirsty or involving bloodshed
- sanguine: optimistic or cheerful
- sanguineous: blood-red or containing blood
Con- gives together and sanguin gives blood. Consanguineous relatives share blood.
The policy addressed consanguineous marriage in a small community.
Consanguineous is a blood-relationship word. The blood is not battlefield blood; it is kinship, ancestry, family line.