avunculus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- maternal uncle, mother's brother
- mother's sister's husband
- great uncle
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo (little grandfather) suffix from Latin avus (grandfather, ancestor, old man).
Origin
Latin
avus
Gloss
grandfather, ancestor, old man
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
祖
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- avital English
- avuncular English
- avuncularism English
- avuncularity English
- avuncularly English
- avunculicide English
- co-uncle English
- eam English
- granduncle English
- great-uncle English
- step-uncle English
- stepuncle English
- unavuncular English
- uncle English
- uncle-in-law English
- uncledom English
- unclefucker English
- unclehood English
- uncleji English
- uncleless English
- unclely English
- uncleship English
- uncley English
- unclie English
- unclish English
- uncly English
- (av)unclus Latin
- *(av)unclus Latin
- *aunclum Latin
- *aviolus Latin
- *avoilu- Latin
- *unclus Latin
- avitus Latin
- avunculus, avunculum Latin
- avus Latin
- proavus Latin
- tritavus Latin
- Erbonkel German
- Großonkel German
- Onkel German
- onkelhaft German
- avo Italian
- heeroom Dutch, Flemish
- nonkel Dutch, Flemish
- oom Dutch, Flemish
- oomzegger Dutch, Flemish
- oomzegster Dutch, Flemish
- peetoom Dutch, Flemish
- suikeroom Dutch, Flemish
- avunculaire French
- aïeul French
- oncle French
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂euh₂-n-tlo Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ewh₂yos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- filleonkel Norwegian Bokmål
- grandonkel Norwegian Bokmål
- onkel Norwegian Bokmål
- onkelunge Norwegian Bokmål
- *awahaimaz Proto-Germanic
- *awǭ Proto-Germanic
- filleonkel Norwegian Nynorsk
- grandonkel Norwegian Nynorsk
- oldeonkel Norwegian Nynorsk
- onkel Norwegian Nynorsk
- onkelunge Norwegian Nynorsk
- eem Middle English
- uncle Middle English
- uncail Irish
- onkel Danish
- aiol Old French
- oncle Old French
- avo Esperanto
- onklo Esperanto
- avi Catalan, Valencian
- oncle Catalan, Valencian
- अंकल Hindi
- auș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- unchi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ewythr Welsh
- oom Middle Dutch
- Nimravidae Translingual
- oom Afrikaans
- uncail Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- aonclle Norman
- oncl'ye Norman
- အန်ကယ် Burmese
- ungj Albanian
- oncle Middle French
- אָנקל Yiddish
- *awontro Proto-Celtic
- *awontīr Proto-Celtic
- aush Aromanian
- oncle Occitan
- aug Romansh
- von Friulian
- avynas Lithuanian
- eontr Breton
- uncle xno
- ʻanakala Hawaiian
- āwe Tocharian B
- omu Sranan Tongo
- ewythyr Middle Welsh
- 𒄷𒄴𒄩𒀸 Hittite
- angkel Bislama
- awis Old Prussian
- ankel Torres Strait Creole