neveu
French
noun
Definitions
- nephew
Etymology
Inherited from Old French neveu (nephew, grandson) inherited from Latin nepos, nepōs, nepōtem (nephew, grandson) inherited from Proto-Italic *nepōts inherited from Proto-Indo-European *népōts (grandson, sister's son, grandchild, nephew, descendant).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*népōts
Gloss
grandson, sister's son, grandchild, nephew, descendant
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
孫
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Neave English
- *nepota Latin
- *nepōta Latin
- nepos Latin
- nepos, nepōs, nepōtem Latin
- nepos, nepōtem Latin
- nepot- Latin
- nepōs Latin
- nepōtem Latin
- pronepos Latin
- bisnipote Italian
- nepotismo Italian
- nievo Italian
- nipote Italian
- nipoteria Italian
- nipotina Italian
- nipotino Italian
- arrière-neveu French
- beau-neveu French
- ἀνεψιός Ancient Greek
- *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂népōts Proto-Indo-European
- *népōts Proto-Indo-European
- nevø Norwegian Bokmål
- nepotismo Portuguese
- *nefô Proto-Germanic
- nevö Swedish
- grandnevø Norwegian Nynorsk
- nevø Norwegian Nynorsk
- oldenevø Norwegian Nynorsk
- नपात् Sanskrit
- नप्तृ Sanskrit
- nevew Middle English
- nevø Danish
- neveu Old French
- nepo Esperanto
- nevino Esperanto
- nevo Esperanto
- pranevino Esperanto
- pranevo Esperanto
- neboda Catalan, Valencian
- nebot Catalan, Valencian
- nepoată Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nepot Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- strănepot Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nevo Ido
- n'veu Norman
- nepveu Middle French
- *nepada Proto-Finnic
- *neɸūss Proto-Celtic
- *náptā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nápāts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- nipoatã Aromanian
- nipot Aromanian
- *nepōts Proto-Italic
- nevôt Friulian
- neoda Venetian
- neodo Venetian
- nevódo Venetian
- *nepō Proto-Albanian
- *nepōtś(i)ā Proto-Albanian
- neve Mauritian Creole
- neve Seychellois Creole