L consanguineus, of the same blood: see com- & sanguine
consanguineous in American English
(ˌkɑnsæŋˈɡwɪniəs)
adjective
having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood
Also: consanguine (kɑnˈsæŋɡwɪn), consanguineal
Derived forms
consanguineously
adverb
Word origin
[1595–1605; ‹ L consanguineus, equiv. to con-con- + sanguin- (s. of sanguis) blood + -eus-eous]This word is first recorded in the period 1595–1605. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Creole, density, detail, slur, tosscon- is a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” and (with intensive force)“completely”. Other words that use the affix con- include: condition, congress, conjugate, connect, contact; -eous is an adjectival suffix with the meanings “composed of,” “resembling, having thenature of,” occurring in loanwords from Latin (igneous; ligneous; vitreous); it is also found as a semantically neutral suffix on adjectives of diverse origin(beauteous; courteous; hideous; homogeneous; plenteous; righteous)
Examples of 'consanguineous' in a sentence
consanguineous
Consanguineous marriages are not new; ask our own royal family.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It also found that these consanguineous relationships led to deaths from 'genetic and congenital abnormalities'.