sobrinus Latin · revision 8423

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sobrīnus''' ''m'' (genitive sobrīnī, feminine sobrīna); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*swesrīnos|t=belonging to the sister]], from the word for “sister”, Latin [[soror]], [[ine-pro|*swésōr]], with the suffix [[-īnus]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) Intervocalic ⟨*-sr-⟩ became /br/, and de Vaan explains the initial ⟨so-⟩, which is not regular before a front vowel, as taken over from ⟨soror⟩.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[cu|сестринъ|tr=sestrinŭ|t=of the sister]] and [[lt|seserė́nas|t=sister's son]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Terence, whom he dates 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Originally a name for the children of sisters, it came to mean a cousin, and in legal usage a second cousin, the son of a parent's first cousin.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero uses it among the degrees of kinship.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin glosses understood it as a sister's son, a nephew, and also used it for any relative.^(DMLBS) It survives in Spanish ''sobrino'' and Portuguese ''sobrinho'' “nephew”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero lists it among the degrees of kinship.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|cousin]]; in law a second cousin.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A sister's son, [[m|en|nephew]]; a relative.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnsobrīnus]]

+ * [[sobrīna]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[soror]]

+ * [[en|cousin]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}