godson

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós?

Proto-Germanic *gudą

Proto-West Germanic *god

Old English god

Proto-Indo-European *sew-?

Proto-Indo-European *sewH-

Proto-Indo-European *suHnús

Proto-Germanic *sunuz

Proto-West Germanic *sunu

Old English sunu

Old English godsunu

Middle English godsone

English godson

From Middle English godsone, gossone, from Old English godsunu (“godson”), equivalent to god- +‎ son. Cognate with Danish gudsøn (“godson”), Swedish gudson (“godson”), Icelandic guðsonur (“godson”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑdˌsʌn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒdˌsʌn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

godson (plural godsons)

1. A male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

Related terms

• godchild
• goddaughter
• godfather
• godmother
• godparent

Translations

Male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

• Albanian: famull (sq) m
• Antillean Creole: fiyèl
• Asturian: afiáu (ast) m
• Belarusian: хро́снік m (xrósnik), хро́сны сын m (xrósny syn), хрэ́снік m (xrésnik)
• Bulgarian: кръще́лник m (krăštélnik)
• Catalan: fillol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 契仔 (kai³ zai²)

  Mandarin: 義子 / 义子 (zh) (yìzǐ), 乾兒子 / 干儿子 (zh) (gān'érzi)

• Czech: kmotřenec m
• Danish: gudsøn
• Esperanto: baptofilo
• Estonian: ristipoeg
• Finnish: kummipoika (fi)
• French: filleul (fr) m
• Friulian: fioç m
• Galician: afillado (gl) m
• German: Patensohn m
• Greek: βαφτισιμιός (el) m (vaftisimiós), αναδεκτός (el) m (anadektós), αναδεξιμιός (el) m (anadeximiós)
• Hungarian: keresztfiú (hu)
• Ido: baptofiliulo (io)
• Indonesian: putra baptis
• Irish: mac baistí m
• Italian: figlioccio (it) m
• Latvian: krustdēls
• Lithuanian: krikštasūnis m
• Middle English: godsone
• Mirandese: afelhado
• Nheengatu: aírangawa (man's), membirangawa (woman's)
• Norman: filieu m
• Polish: chrześniak (pl) m
• Portuguese: afilhado (pt)
• Romanian: fin (ro) m
• Romansh: figliol m, figlioul m
• Russian: крёстный сын m (krjóstnyj syn), кре́стник (ru) m (kréstnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: daltan m
• Slovak: krstný syn m
• Spanish: ahijado (es) m
• Swedish: gudson (sv) c
• Tagalog: anak na lalaki sa binyag
• Udmurt: кироспи (kirospi)
• Ukrainian: хреще́ник m (xreščényk), хреще́ний син m (xreščényj syn), похре́сник m (poxrésnyk), хрище́ник m (xryščényk) (rare)
• Venetan: fioso m, fioço m, fioç m, fiozho m
• Volapük: hispönäb
• Welsh: mab bedydd m

Further reading

• Godparent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

godson

1. alternative form of godsone