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nephewn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French nevou, neveu, nies. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman nevou, neveu, nevew, nevu, newu and Old French, Middle French neveu (also in Old French as nevou , nevo , nevu , nepveu , etc.; French neveu ), originally the oblique case of Old French nies, niers (c1100; 2nd half of the 12th cent. in sense ‘grandson’, c1500 as nepveux (plural) in sense ‘descendants’) < classical Latin nepōt- , nepōs , grandson, descendant, a prodigal (see sense 2c), a secondary shoot (see sense 5), in post-classical Latin also nephew (4th cent.), niece (13th cent.), cognate with neve n.1 Compare also nepote n.Compare Old Occitan neps nephew, grandson (c1150; Occitan nèp nephew, grandson), Old Occitan, Occitan nebot nephew (c1150; compare also Old Occitan, Occitan bot (c1350)), Catalan nebot nephew (late 13th cent.; also in late 13th cent. in sense ‘grandson’), Italian nipote (a1321 in Dante in senses ‘grandson’, (in plural) ‘descendants’; late 13th cent. as nepote in sense ‘nephew’). Perhaps attested earlier as a surname, as e.g. Ralph le Neveu (1194), Thomas le Nevou (1225), although these may show the Anglo-Norman rather than the Middle English word. With ε. forms compare also nevvy n. 1. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > nephew α. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 4508 Þo was þe king arþure vol of sorwe & sore..Ac to awreke him of is luþer neueu his herte bar alre best. a1375 (c1350) (1867) 5098 Glad he was þat his neweu so nobul was wox. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 111 He wente into Egipt..forto see his suster and his nevewes. ?1456 Duke of York in (2004) II. 100 To take possession and saisine, in the name and to þe vse of our ful worshipful nepueu th'Erl of Warrewic. 1490 (1962) xx. 63 Blanchardyn..ranne vpon Corbodas, that neuewe was to kynge Alymodes. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. 599 Use yourselfe to him as good uncles shulde do to their nephewes. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1590) ii. xviii. sig. Aa4v Euardes..had three Nephewes, sonnes to a sister of his. 1621 R. Montagu 120 As Plinius the elder was wont to say unto his nephew. 1655 T. Stanley I. i. 82 He reposed his head in the bosom of his sisters son;..the Court dismist he was found dead in his Nephews bosome. 1722 D. Defoe i. iii. 84 What kind of a Lady has my Nephew got? 1749 H. Fielding VI. xviii. ix. 247 ‘Mr. Jones your Nephew, sir?’.. ‘He is indeed..my own Sister's Son.’ View more context for this quotation 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in 2nd Ser. II. 325 The interview between the uncle and nephew being thus concluded, the Prince retired. 1867 M. E. Herbert viii. 207 It was here that Abraham encamped with his nephew Lot. 1894 ‘M. Twain’ xx. 266 A crime which had..blighted the happiness of a young nephew who was as dear as a son. 1915 W. S. Maugham cviii. 568 He did not mention his nephew's affairs. 1948 V. Nabokov Let. 26 Feb. in (1989) 81 Since my arrival in the United States I have..achieved a position which..appears sufficiently secure to warrant bringing my nephew over. 1988 M. Binchy ii. 38 There was never a harsh word between the two Doyles, uncle and nephew. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > son > [noun] > illegitimate son > of ecclesiastic 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. ii. 142/2 in (new ed.) I For nephues might say in those daies; Father, shall I call you uncle? And vncles also; Son I must call thee nephue. 1617 F. Moryson i. 104 The chiefe of these banished men was the Nephew (so they call Church-mens bastards) of the Cardinall Caietano. a1848 G. F. Ruxton (1849) vii. 218 They were probably his nieces and nephews—a class of relations often possessed in numbers by priests and monks. 1873 W. H. Dixon I. iii. ii. 125 More papal ‘nephews’ had been stalled and mitred in the English Church. 1911 J. Maxfield in Oct. 370 She's trod her pathway to the fire. Old Rivers had his nephew by her. 2. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandchild > [noun] > grandson α. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 7709 (MED) Richard is o neueu brec þere is nekke þer to. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 91 Scipio Nasica, þe greet Scipio þat heet Affricanus his nevewe. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer 617 Thou..Hast served..Hys [sc. Jupiter's] blynde nevew Cupido. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara (1546) sig. Cc.ij Ye had your nevewes, sonnes of your chyldren, maryed. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in viii Vertuous nephewes..Striving in power their grandfathers to passe. 1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon v. v. 115 Naturall children and nephewes [margin childrens children, as we say unproperly, Grand-children]. 1656 J. Trapp i. 5 The grandmothers also..love their nephews better than their own immediate children. 1699 R. Bentley (new ed.) 43 Among the ancient Greeks the name of the Grandfather was commonly given to the Nephew. 1903 IV. 251/1 All my sons and daughters were at my wife's funeral, and one nephew and niece, my eldest son's children. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > niece a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) I. lxxxxvii. f. xxxviii The Beaute and great vertue of Clotildis neuewe to Cundebald. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece (1858) II. 712 To my nevoy Matildis, that hes richt Till all Ingland intill hir faderis sicht, I haif maid homage. 1626 Edinb. Test. LIII. f. 260, in at Nepvo The said Barbara Forsythe my nephew. 1647 (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/202) f. 250v I give unto Elizabeth Cornish my nevew halfe a dozen of silver spoones with maiden headed. 1749 Rec. Surry County, Virginia in (1965) 40 236 To my nephew, Mary Cripps and nephew Ann Fields. the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] > squanderer or prodigal society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] > spendthrift 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in 638/1 Whyther the olde holy doctours and saynctes..be better to be beleued.., or els these yong new naughty nephewes. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > descendant > [noun] the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > successor a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 263 Engistus and Horsus..were Woden his nevewes [L. abnepotes]. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus II. Rom. xi. f. xxxv The Iewes..yf they this do not, then are they not his [sc. Abraham's] neuewes. 1597 Bp. J. King x. 136 Thy childrens children, & nephewes to come. 1647 J. Trapp (2 Cor. v. 10) On that day Adam shall see all his nephews together. 1676 J. Glanvill 189 All the ancient Sages, with their Sons, and Nephews to the latest Posterity. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > by shapes or figures > figures in geomancy 1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan 9 Nowe resteth it to declare the making of the Nephews [Fr. niepces], with their qualities. the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > secondary 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella iv. vi From that place from which you have taken away the nephew or secondary twig [L. nepotem], it presently pours forth another. Compounds society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > nephew > nephew-in-law > about to become 1834 New Ser. 1 381/2 It was not his fault that I, your nephew-elect, am not a Northamptonshire Squire. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > nephew > nephew-in-law 1797 T. Rumney Let. 8 Oct. in A. W. Rumney (1914) xiv. 253 I regret Mr. Powell, who is Mrs. Clark's nephew-in-law in Town very soon. 1839 C. Dickens xv. 134 The company added their entreaties to those of his nephew-in-law. 1885 T. D. English 2 Not only were eighty-two killed, including the nephew and nephew-in-law of the Adelantado.., but none of the Spaniards escaped severe wounds. 1998 14 Nov. (Mag.) 55/2 (caption) Attilio..uses a manual crusher to squeeze the grapes, while his English nephew-in-law..collects the fermented grapes. Derivatives 1924 W. J. Locke ii. 25 There is nothing inherent in mere nephewdom to rake frantic emotional chords. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.c1325 |
