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nephew

noun
/ˈnɛf.ju//ˈnɛv.ju/UK

Etymology

From Middle English nevew, neveu (“nephew, grandson”), from Old French neveu, from Latin nepos, nepōtem, from Proto-Italic *nepōts (“nephew, grandson”), whence also French neveu, Italian nipote. Displaced or absorbed the inherited English neve (“nephew, grandson, male cousin”), from Middle English neve, from Old English nefa, from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew, grandson”), whence Dutch neef, German Neffe. All ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *népōts (“grandchild, sister's son”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian nećak, Irish nia, Persian نوه (nave). Spelt with -ph- by readaptation to Latin nepos since the 15th century, which later triggered the spelling pronunciation with /f/.

  1. derived from *népōts✻ — “grandchild, sister's son”
  2. derived from *nepōts✻ — “nephew, grandson”
  3. derived from nepos
  4. derived from neveu
  5. inherited from nevew

Definitions

  1. A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law

    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).

  2. A son of one's cousin or cousin-in-law

  3. A son of one's child.

    • Hir father many a time and oft would say my daughter deere, Of Nephewes thou my debtour art, their Graundsires heart to chéere.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

cardinal nephew, cardinal-nephew, grandnephew, great-great-nephew, great-nephew, half nephew, half-nephew, nephew fucker, nephew-in-law, nephewish, nephewless, nephewly, nephewship, nevvy, niefling, step-nephew, stepnephew, uterine nephew, Welsh nephew

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nephew. 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