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neve.

Nephew.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/niːv/
  1. Nephew.

    obsolete · rare
  2. A male cousin.

    obsolete · rare
  3. A grandson.

    obsolete · rare
  4. A spendthrift.

    rare
Where this word comes from

From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Today mostly displaced by its cognate nephew (from Old French neveu). Compare nift (“niece”). Doublet of nephew.

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