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.)

Annotations
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
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