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Stage 1 of 3
nepos
Latin · ancient
"a grandson, a descendant"
a grandson, or more broadly, a descendant
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Stage 2 of 3
neveu
Old French · medieval
"a sibling's son"
narrowed in French to mean specifically a sibling's son
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Stage 3 of 3
nephew
English · 1300s
"the son of one's sibling"
settled as the English word for a sibling's son
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