Where does sanguisuge come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

sanguisuge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete

"For that blody judge And mighty sanguisuge, The Pope that is so huge, Is ever ther refuge;"
"Proceede to more manifest diminishing of the humor, by bludletting, cupping, or sanguisuges"
"Can slice a veine, and by the trifid sluce Of sanguisuge diminish peccant blood"

From Middle English sanguisuge, from Latin sanguisuga, from sanguis (“blood”) + sugere (“to suck”).

sanguisuges (plural)

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