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early 13c., "a collateral blood relative more remote than a brother or sister" (mid-12c. as a surname), from Old French cosin"nephew; kinsman; cousin" (12c., Modern French cousin), from Latin consobrinus"cousin," originally "mother's sister's son," from assimilated form of com"with, together" (see com-) + sobrinus (earlier *sosrinos) "cousin on mother's side," from soror (genitive sororis) "sister" (see sister).
A cousin is a relative that is the child of a parent's sibling, this is more specifically referred to as a first cousin. Degree measures the number of generations from the most recent common ancestor(s) to a parent of the cousin. Sacher, Andrew (November 9, 2023). "Uncut's Top 75 Albums of 2023". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved November 15, 2023. from the original in Uncut, January 2024 ( ISSN 1368-0722
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Specific modern usage, "the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt," is attested by c. 1300, but throughout Middle English the word also was used of grandchildren, godchildren, etc. Extended sense of "closely related thing" is from late 14c.
Barr, Natalia (September 29, 2023). "The Surprising Song That Changed Jeff Tweedy's Life". Style. Wall Street Journal. ISSN 1042-9840. OCLC 781541372 . Retrieved September 30, 2023. Many IE languages (including Irish, Sanskrit, Slavic, and some of the Germanic tongues) have or had separate words for some or all of the eight possible "cousin" relationships, such as Latin, which along with consobrinus had consobrina"mother's sister's daughter," patruelis"father's brother's son," atruelis"mother's brother's son," amitinus"father's sister's son," etc. Old English distinguished fæderan sunu"father's brother's son," modrigan sunu"mother's sister's son," etc. Ruiz, Matthew Ismael (September 14, 2023). "Wilco Share New Song "Cousin" ". News. Pitchfork . Retrieved September 14, 2023.a b Corr, Alan (September 29, 2023). "Nels Cline: meet the man who speaks fluent riff". Entertainment. RTÉ . Retrieved September 30, 2023. While there is no agreed upon term, it is possible for cousins to share three grandparents if a pair of half siblings had children with a pair of full siblings. [12] [13] Non-blood relations [ edit ]