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The origin of the word blood is a very old one. Stemming from Proto-Indo European Bhel (To thrive, bloom), it decended to Proto Germanic: blodam. This eventually came blod in Old English, and finally blood today. The words bless, and bleed also stem from the same Proto-germanic phrase too. More cognates include bloom, blossom, flower, flour, and blade.

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