different between consanguinity vs affinal

English

Etymology

From Middle English consanguinytee, consanguinite, consanguinyte, from Old French consanguinité and Latin c?nsanguinit?tem, accusative of Latin c?nsanguinit?s, from c?nsanguineus, from Latin com- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from Latin sanguis (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?nsa???w?n?ti/, /k?nsa???w?n?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?nsæ???w?n?ti/, /k?nsæ???w?n?ti/

Noun

consanguinity (countable and uncountable, plural consanguinities)

1. A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
   • 1776, United States Declaration of Independence

     They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.

Synonyms

• same-bloodedness

Related terms

• consanguineous
• consanguinuity

Translations

See also

• affinity
• incest

English

Etymology

From Latin aff?nis (“kindred”) +? -al.

Adjective

affinal (not comparable)

1. (anthropology) Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.

   Antonym: consanguine

   • 2018, Daniel Elazar, Kinship in the Admiralty Islands, Routledge (?ISBN)

     The names of their affinal relatives must be avoided in speaking either to a man or woman, or even when speaking in their presence.

Further reading

• “affinal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.