nevew

Middle English

Alternative forms

• neveu, nevyew, nevoeu, nevou, nevewe, nevoȝ, nepveu, nefewe, nephew, nevywe

Etymology

From Old French neveu, from Latin nepōtem, accusative of nepōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛvɛu̯/

Noun

nevew (plural nevewes)

1. A nephew (offspring of one's sibling)

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2. A grandson or granddaughter (offspring of one's children).
3. Any other relative or kinfolk.

Descendants

• English: nephew
• Scots: neffae

References

• “neveu (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-30.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “nevew”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)