köken: From the form ξάδελφος (xádelfos), from εξάδελφος (exádelfos), from Koine Greek ἐξάδελφος (exádelphos), from Ancient Greek ἐξ- (ex-) + ἀδελφός (adelphós).
one's cousin (may be spelled in kanji to indicate the gender and relationship with the person in question): · 従兄弟: a male cousin · 従姉妹: a female cousin
köken: ⟨ito₁ko₁⟩ → */itʷokʷo/ → /itoko/ Cognate with and by extension of Old Japanese いとこ (ito₁ko₁, “close, familial, or beloved person”). Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *itoko. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.
köken: Sino-Korean word from 四寸, from 四 (“four”) + 寸 (“degree of kinship”). A degree of kinship is the relationship between a parent and a child, so a cousin is four degrees of kinship away from the speaker (speaker to parent, parent to grandparent, grandparent to uncle, uncle to first cousin).
köken: From French cousin, from Latin consobrinus. Caused a semantic shift in the words syssling and brylling, formally meaning ”cousin” (on mother’s and father’s side, respectively), to their modern meanings second cousin and third cousin.
köken: Inherited from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) vērus (“true cousin”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros, from *weh₁- (“true”). Cf. Aromanian ver and cusurin. For the semantic evolution compare Spanish and Portuguese primo.
a male cousin (son of one's parent's sibling) · fellow, chap
çekim: çoğul fætre · tamlayan fætters
köken: From Old Danish fædder (“paternal uncle, male cousin”), from Middle Low German vedder (“paternal uncle, male cousin, fraternal nephew”). Compare German Vetter, Old English fædera, Latin patruus, Ancient Greek πάτρως (pátrōs).