Etymology of the English word bloodletting
the English word
bloodlettingusing the English suffix
-ingderived from the English word
bloodderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*blothanderived from the English word
letderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*latjananderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*le-Usage
Word found in Modern English