EuroLex/F/Cousin
- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: male: cousin, female: cousine - 1. cousin (male and female)
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | cosí | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | female: kusine | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | also: cousin | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| English | cousin | 1160 | 'meaning 1, also called first cousin, full cousin or cousin-german;
and also: a) arelative descended from a common ancestor, such as a grandparent, by two or more steps in a diverging line; b) a relative by blood or marriage, a kinsman or kinswoman; c) a member of a kindred group or country: our Canadian cousins; d) something similar in quality or character e) used as a form of address by a sovereign in addressing another sovereign or a high-ranking member of the nobility f) slang. a gullible, innocent person who is easily duped or taken advantage of' | '...' | http://www.etymonline.com |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | male: Cousin, female: Cousine | 1663 | 'meaning 1' | '...' | http://www.koeblergerhard.de/derwbhin.html |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | male,female: cugino | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | female: kusine | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | male, female: kuzyn | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | male, female: kusin | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
Annotations[edit | edit source]
Etymology: from OF cosin, from L consobrinus "mother's sister's child", from com- "together" + sobrinus (earlier *sosrinos) "cousin on mother's side", from soror (gen. sororis) "sister". Used familiarly as a term of address since 1430, especially in Cornwall. Your first cousin (also cousin-german) is the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt; your children and your first cousin's are second cousins to one another; to you, your first cousin's children are first cousin once removed.
Phrase kissing cousin is Southern U.S. expression, 1940s, denoting "those close enough to be kissed in salutation"; Kentish cousin (1796) is an old British term for "distant relative".
Source: http://www.etymonline.com
Information on Other Languages[edit | edit source]
Czech: male: bratranec; female: sestřenice
Danish: male: fætter
Dutch: male: neef; female: nicht
Estonian: male: nõbu, tädipoeg, -tütar; female: onupoeg, -tütar
Finnish: serkku
Hungarian: unokatestvér
Latvian: male: brālēns; female: māsīca
Lithuanian: male: pusbrolis; female: pusseserė
Norwegian: søskenbarn; male: fetter
Portugese: male: primo; female: prima
Slovak: male: bratranec; female: sesternica
Slovenian: male: bratranec; female: sestrična
Spanish male: primo; female: prima