consanguineous

Learned borrowing from Latin consanguineus (with English -ous), from con- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from sanguis (“blood”)

• IPA^(key): /kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪni.əs/

consanguineous (not comparable)

1. Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
   • William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

     Am not I consanguineous? am I not of her blood?

   • 2002, B. Modell and A. Darr, "Science and society: genetic counselling and customary consanguineous marriage," Nature Reviews: Genetics, vol 3. no. 3 (Mar.), p. 225,

     Consanguineous marriage is customary in many societies, but leads to an increased birth prevalence of infants with severe recessive disorders.

• consanguine
• consanguineal
• same-blooded

• consanguinity
• consanguinuity

• affinal