English
consobrinal
Consobrinal comes from Latin consobrinus ‘a first cousin, cousin-german’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *swezrīnos ‘of the sister’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swezrīnos1‘of the sister’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsobrīnus2‘mother's sister's son, maternal parallel cousin’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsobrinus3as consobrin(us)‘a first cousin, cousin-german’
- Englishearliest quotation 1835consobrinal3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin sobrinus
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin consobrinus
- 3 Wiktionary, English consobrinal
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1835, Robert Sands: “Notwithstanding that you are an equivalent to a septuaginarian…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swezrīnosWiktionary, Latin sobrinus‘of the sister’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsobrīnusWiktionary, Latin consobrinus‘mother's sister's son, maternal parallel cousin’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsobrinusWiktionary, English consobrinalas consobrin(us)‘a first cousin, cousin-german’
- Englishearliest quotation 1835consobrinalWiktionary, English consobrinal. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1835, Robert Sands: “Notwithstanding that you are an equivalent to a septuaginarian…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swésōr ‘sister’
through Proto-Italic *swezōr ‘sister’
through Latin consobrinus ‘a first cousin, cousin-german’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to a cousin.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “consobrinal”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin sobrinus, Latin consobrinus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *swezrīnos / consobrinal