nephew

• 甥

語源はギリシャ語の nepos（妹の子）、PIE*nepot（孫、孫娘）、語源は姪と同じ。

nephew

nephew: [13] Nephew goes back ultimately to Indo-European *nepōt-, which denoted a range of indirect male descendants, including ‘grandson’ and ‘nephew’. Among its offspring were Greek anepsiós ‘nephew’, Sanskrit nápāt ‘grandson’, Germanic *nebon (source of German neffe and Dutch neef ‘nephew’), and Latin nepōs ‘nephew, grandson’ (source of English nepotism [17], etymologically ‘favouring one’s nephews’).

This passed into Old French as neveu, from which English got nephew (replacing the related native English term neve). The corresponding Indo-European feminine form was *neptī-, which is the ultimate source of English niece.
=> nepotism, niece

nephew (n.)

c. 1300, from Old French neveu (Old North French nevu) "grandson, descendant," from Latin nepotem (nominative nepos) "sister's son, grandson, descendant," in post-Augustan Latin, "nephew," from PIE *nepot- "grandchild," and in a general sense, "male descendant other than son" (cognates: Sanskrit napat "grandson, descendant;" Old Persian napat- "grandson;" Old Lithuanian nepuotis "grandson;" Dutch neef; German Neffe "nephew;" Old Irish nia, genitive niath "son of a sister," Welsh nei). Used in English in all the classical senses until meaning narrowed in 17c., and also as a euphemism for "the illegitimate son of an ecclesiastic" (1580s). The Old English cognate, nefa "nephew, stepson, grandson, second cousin" survived to 16c.

1. "Cut her out of your will," urged his nephew .

「彼女をあなたの遺言から削除して」と甥が催促した。

2.She has a nephew who is just ten years of age.

彼女にはまだ10歳の甥がいる。

3.Last month a shopkeeper 's nephew was shot dead.

先月店主の甥が射殺された。

4.He entrusted the task to his nephew .

彼は甥にこの任務を託した。

5. The Richards I and II implants ( Smith & Nephew ）have a deep，trochlear groove.

RichardsIとIIインプラント（Smith& ; Nephew ）には深い制限付きの滑車溝がある。