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neptis
Latin · ancient
"a granddaughter"
a granddaughter, the feminine counterpart to nepos
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niece
Old French · medieval
"a sibling's daughter"
narrowed in French to mean specifically a sibling's daughter
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niece
English · 1300s
"the daughter of one's sibling"
settled as the English word for a sibling's daughter
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