cosin

See also: cosín and côsin

Middle English

Noun

cosin

1. Alternative form of cosyn

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin cōnsōbrīnus. Compare Catalan cosí and French cousin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cosin m (plural cosins, feminine cosina, feminine plural cosinas)

1. cousin

Further reading

• "cosin, ina" - Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana (pg, 186)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin cōnsōbrīnus (possibly via a Vulgar Latin form *cōsōbīnus > *cōsuīnus).

Noun

cosin oblique singular, m (oblique plural cosins, nominative singular cosins, nominative plural cosin)

1. cousin
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     D'ambes parz out filz e peres,
     uncles, nevos, cosins e freres

     On both sides there were sons and fathers,
     Uncles, nephews, cousins and brothers

Declension

  Declension of cosin  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	Subject	cosins	cosine
	Oblique	cosin	cosine
Plural	Subject	cosin	cosines
	Oblique	cosins	cosines

Descendants

• Dutch: kozijn
• Middle English: cosyn, cosin, cossyn, cousyn, cosyne, kosyn, cousine
  • English: cousin
  • Scots: kizzen (Shetlandic cüshin)
  • Yola: cozeen
• French: cousin
• Italian: cugino
• German: Cousin