cosin

See also: cosín and côsin

Middle English

Noun

cosin

1. Alternative form of cosyn

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin cōnsōbrīnus.

Noun

cosin oblique singular, m (oblique plural cosins, nominative singular cosins, nominative plural cosin)

1. cousin
   • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     D'ambes parz out filz e peres,
     uncles, nevos, cosins e freres

     On both sides there were sons and fathers,
     Uncles, nephews, cousins and brothers

Declension

  Declension of cosin  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	Subject	cosins	cosine
	Oblique	cosin	cosine
Plural	Subject	cosin	cosines
	Oblique	cosins	cosines

Descendants

• Dutch: kozijn
• Middle English: cosyn, cosin, cossyn, cousyn, cosyne, kosyn, cousine
  • English: cousin
  • Scots: kizzen (Shetlandic cüshin)
  • Yola: cozeen
• French: cousin
• Italian: cugino
• German: Cousin