sanguine
Middle English
/sanˈɡiːn/
adj
Definitions
- Having a bloody-red hue; coloured in sanguine or a similar colour.
- Under the influence of blood as a cardinal humour (inherently or in the current case)
- Due to the influence or presence of a dangerous profusion of blood.
- Made of or created from blood (as a humour); bloody.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sanguin derived from Latin sanguineus (of blood).
Origin
Latin
sanguineus
Gloss
of blood
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ensanguine English
- exsanguine English
- oversanguine English
- sanguinaceous English
- sanguinary English
- sanguine English
- sanguineless English
- sanguinely English
- sanguineness English
- sanguineous English
- sanguinity English
- sanguinously English
- serosanguine English
- unsanguine English
- sanguineus Latin
- sanguinārius Latin
- sanguis Latin
- sanguigno Italian
- sanguineo Italian
- sanguin French
- sanguíneo Spanish, Castilian
- sangüeño Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁sh₂-én- Proto-Indo-European
- sanguíneo Portuguese
- sanguinarie Middle English
- sanguin Old French
- sanguiño Galician
- sangvin Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sânger Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sanguinno Old Portuguese
- sanguinarie xno