nephew
English
/ˈnɛf.ju/, /ˈnɛf.ju/
noun
Definitions
- A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).
- (archaic) A son of one's child.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English nevew derived from Old French neveu (nephew, grandson) derived from Latin nepos, nepōtem (nephew, grandson) derived from Proto-Indo-European *népōts (grandson, sister's son, grandchild, nephew, descendant).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*népōts
Gloss
grandson, sister's son, grandchild, nephew, descendant
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
孫
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Neave English
- fucker English
- grandnephew English
- great-grandnephew English
- great-nephew English
- nephew fucker English
- nephew-in-law English
- nephewless English
- nephewly English
- step-nephew English
- stepnephew English
- nepos, nepōs, nepōtem Latin
- nepos, nepōtem Latin
- nepot- Latin
- nepōs Latin
- nepōtem Latin
- neveu French
- ἀνεψιός Ancient Greek
- *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *népōts Proto-Indo-European
- *nefô Proto-Germanic
- नपात् Sanskrit
- नप्तृ Sanskrit
- nevew Middle English
- neveu Old French
- n'veu Norman
- nepveu Middle French
- *nepada Proto-Finnic
- *neɸūss Proto-Celtic
- *náptā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nápāts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nepōts Proto-Italic
- *nepō Proto-Albanian
- *nepōtś(i)ā Proto-Albanian