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† ˈpronephew Sc. Obs.
Also 5 ˈpronevow, -newowe, 6 -nevoy, 6–7 -nepuoy.
[f. pro-1 2 + nephew, after F. pronepveu (1486 in Godef.), L. pronepōt-em pronepot.]
A great-grandson.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. iii. 372 (Cott. MS.) Fra þe stok..Discendande persownys lynyally In þe toþir, or þe thride, degre, Newow, or pronewowe [v.r. pronevow], sulde be. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) I. 316 Ane greit nobill, that callit wes Dardane, The pronevoy of gude King Metallane. 1593Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) IV. 11/2 James lindsay of barcloy pronevoy and air be progres to vmqle Johnne lindsay of wauchoip his grandschir. 1597Skene De Verb. Sign. s.v. Eneya, The son in the first degree, excludis the nepuoy in the second, and the Nepuoy excludis the pronepuoy in the thrid degree. 1623Kings of Scot. 43 Lord Darnley, Sonne to Matthew, Earle of Lennox: a comelie prince, and Pronepuoy unto Henrie the seauenth, King of England. 1658Phillips, Pronephew, a Nephew, or Grandchilds son. |