nepos
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a grandson
- a granddaughter
- a nephew
- a niece
- a descendant
- (figuratively) a spendthrift, prodigal
Etymology
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
- *nepota Latin
- nepos, nepōs, nepōtem Latin
- nepos, nepōtem Latin
- nepos, nepōtis Latin
- nepot- Latin
- nepōs Latin
- pronepos Latin
- arrière-neveu French
- beau-neveu French
- neveu French
- ἀνεψιός Ancient Greek
- *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂népōts Proto-Indo-European
- *népōts Proto-Indo-European
- nevø Norwegian Bokmål
- *nefô Proto-Germanic
- nevö Swedish
- nevø Norwegian Nynorsk
- नपात् Sanskrit
- नप्तृ Sanskrit
- nia Irish
- nevø Danish
- neveu Old French
- nepino Esperanto
- nepo Esperanto
- nevo Esperanto
- pranepo Esperanto
- neboda Catalan, Valencian
- nevino Ido
- nevo Ido
- nevulo Ido
- nia Old Irish
- nïa Old Irish
- nip Albanian
- *nepada Proto-Finnic
- *neɸūss Proto-Celtic
- nevódo Cimbrian
- *náptā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nápāts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- nipoatã Aromanian
- nipot Aromanian
- *nepōts Proto-Italic
- neoda Venetian
- nevóda Venetian
- nevódo Venetian
- *nepō Proto-Albanian
- *nepōtś(i)ā Proto-Albanian
- neve Mauritian Creole
- neve Seychellois Creole
- ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ Primitive Irish