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grandcousin

noun

Etymology

From grand- + cousin.

  1. derived from *swésōr✻ — “sister”
  2. derived from *swezrīnos✻ — “of or belonging to a sister”
  3. derived from *cōsuīnus✻
  4. derived from cōnsobrīnus — “maternal cousin; first cousin; relation”
  5. derived from cosine — “collateral female relative more distant than one’s sister; form of address used by a monarch to female monarchs or nobles”
  6. derived from cosine
  7. derived from cosine
  8. derived from cosin — “collateral male relative more distant than one’s brother; form of address used by a monarch to male monarchs or nobles”
  9. derived from cosin
  10. derived from cosen
  11. inherited from cosin
  12. prefixed as grandcousin — “grand + cousin”

Definitions

  1. The grandchild of a first cousin, or the first cousin of a grandparent

    The grandchild of a first cousin, or the first cousin of a grandparent; first cousin twice removed.

    • Just recently I learned that the star of the Johns Hopkins lacrosse team is the great-grandson of my first cousin Myrtle, which I suppose makes him my great-grandcousin.
    • This grandcousin of Christian Fenger's indeed was a brilliant man and went into great estate, but the rest of the Fenger family is curiously reticent about him.
    • Also, Aunt Maggie had a daughter, Janyce, who was warm like her mother, had a great relationship with her aunt Ava and Uncle Edwin, and even came out to the house quite often to visit with everyone, especially her grandcousin Sonya.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for grandcousin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA