cousin

cousin (male)

“Mon cousin et son fils sont venus me voir.” — My cousin and his son came to see me.

Related: cousin germain

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European *su-h₁ésh₂-ōr? Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *-sōr ? Proto-Indo-European *swésōr Proto-Italic *swezōr Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Proto-Italic *swezrīnos Latin sobrīnus Latin cōnsobrīnus Old French cosin Middle French cousin French cousin Inherited fr

cranefly; mosquito; people who stick to others without mutual benefit: parasites, bloodsuckers

“Je le compare aux cousins de votre pays qui font beaucoup de mal, sans qu'on les voie ou qu'on les entende.” — (please add an English translation of this quotation)

First attested in 1551; perhaps inherited from Latin *culicīnus, from culex (“gnat, midge, mosquito”).