Etymograph

English

sanguify

Sanguify comes from Latin sanguis ‘blood’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁sh₂-én-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sangwens1‘blood’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsanguis2‘blood’
  4. Englishtodaysanguify2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sanguis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English sanguify

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁sh₂-én-Wiktionary, Latin sanguisreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sangwensWiktionary, Latin sanguis‘blood’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsanguisWiktionary, English sanguify‘blood’
  4. EnglishtodaysanguifyWiktionary, English sanguify

Formed from sangui- + -fy

Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-

Proto-Italic *sangwens ‘blood’

Latin sanguī̆s ‘blood’

English sangui-

Linked words

through Latin sanguis ‘blood’

sangria, sangiovese, 12 more

Today it means

verb To produce blood (from).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sanguify”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin sanguis. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én- / sanguify

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