sibling · Contextualize

Etymology

First use appears c. 1903, a modern revival of Old English sibling (“relative, a relation, kinsman”), equivalent to sib + -ling. Compare Middle English siblynges pl, sib, sibbe (“relative; kinsman”), German Sippe. The term apparently meant merely kin or relative until the 20th century when it was applied in a way that aided the study of genetics, which led to its specialized use. For example, the OED has a citation in 1902 in which sibling must be defined for those who do not know the intended meaning.

learned borrowing from sibling — “relative, a relation, kinsman”

Definitions

1
A person who shares a parent
A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.
- None of my siblings are married yet.
A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
3
The most closely related species, or one of several most closely related species when…
The most closely related species, or one of several most closely related species when none can be determined to be more closely related.
- Bush suggested that this difference might represent a case of chromosomal polymorphism or, more likely, sibling species.

The neighborhood

Derived

biosibling, dibling, intersibling, multisibling, nephling, nibling, niefling, nonsibling, pibling, pseudosibling, sibcest, siblicide, siblinged, siblinghood, siblingless, siblinglike, siblingly, siblingship, sibling species, adoptive sibling, blood sibling, co-sibling, cross-sibling, foster sibling, full-sibling, god-sibling, half-sibling, halfsibling, little sibling, milk sibling, saviour sibling, sibling fucker, sibling-in-law, sibling rivalry, stepsibling, three-quarter sibling, 3/4 sibling

Vish — recursive loop

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