Cousin

Morpheme

Cousin

Type

free base

Denotation

blood relative more remote than a sibling

Etymology

Middle English cosin, cosine, cosyn; (1) Anglo-Norman cosen, cosin; Middle French cosin; Old French cosin and (2) Anglo-Norman cosine; Middle French cosine; Old French cosine; Latin cōnsobrīnus, from con- + sobrīnus

Evidence

cousin, cousinal, cousiness, cousinette, cousinhood, cousinless, cousinliness, cousinly, cousinry, cousins, cousinship, noncousin, orthocousin, stepcousin

Notes

Latin sobrīnus is related to Soror

See Also

Soror, con-