• Question: Who named blood blood and why?

    Asked by ciaraisthebest to Kat, Andrew, Katie, Sadaf on 26 Jun 2013.
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      Andrew Swale answered on 20 Jun 2013:


      According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word “blood” dates to the oldest English, circa 1000 AD

      The word is derived from Middle English, which is derived from the Old English word blôd, which is akin to the Old High German word bluot, meaning blood

      The modern German word is (das) Blut.

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      anon answered on 26 Jun 2013:


      Landsteiner discovered blood groups the four major ones

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