nepotism
English
/ˈnɛp.ə.tɪ.zəm/
noun
Definitions
- The favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
Etymology
Borrowed from French népotisme derived from Italian nepotismo derived from Latin nepōs (nephew).
Origin
Latin
nepōs
Gloss
nephew
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
甥
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antinepotism English
- antinepotistic English
- nepotistic English
- nepotistically English
- *nepōta Latin
- nepōs Latin
- Nepotismus German
- nepote Italian
- nepotismo Italian
- nievo Italian
- nepotisme Dutch, Flemish
- neveu French
- népotisme French
- *népōts Proto-Indo-European
- nepotismo Portuguese
- neveu Old French
- nepoată Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nepotism Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nepotismo Cebuano
- נפוטיזם Hebrew (modern)
- *nepōts Proto-Italic
- nevôt Friulian
- neodo Venetian
- nevódo Venetian