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consobrinus
Latin · ancient
"a maternal cousin"
literally mother's sister's child, from com- (together) and soror (sister)
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Stage 2 of 3
cosin
Old French · medieval
"a close relative"
broadened in French to mean any close relative outside one's immediate family
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Stage 3 of 3
cousin
English · 1200s
"the child of one's aunt or uncle"
settled as the English word for the child of one's aunt or uncle
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