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From: "Chris Phillips" <>
Subject: Re: Nephew double meaning
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 08:40:23 -0000
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Eve McLaughlin wrote:
> yes - led astray by the Latin nepos, which means grandson but looks like
> nephew. And cousin can mean any sort of relative other than parents,
> children or siblings (inc grandsons, great nephews etc)


In medieval Latin, nepos could mean nephew, grandson, or sometimes something
more distant.

Chris Phillips




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