nephew
noun/ˈnefjuː/, /ˈnevjuː/
/ˈnefjuː/, /ˈnevjuː/
- the son of your brother or sister; the son of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister compare nieceTopics Family and relationshipsa2Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French neveu, from Latin nepos ‘grandson, nephew’, from an Indo-European root shared by Dutch neef and German Neffe.
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