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Please see Title. I'm not specifically referring to which language they came from... but if they come from something else. In other words, do they come from words with other meanings. For example, do words for children come from a word that means "being that comes from one's loins" or something. |
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I extracted the following from the online Webster Dictionary. It's interesting to see how all these words were transformed from Latin/Greek/Old High German/Middle English to the current English words. Note: I know that this does not exactly answer your question, since you actually want to know if the words derived from words with other meanings. But I think that having the full list of originating languages here may be useful as other answers to your question may refer to it. DAUGHTER Middle English, doughter, from Old English dohtor; akin to Old High German tohter daughter, Greek thygatēr First Known Use: before 12th century SON Middle English sone, from Old English sunu; akin to Old High German sun son, Greek hyios First Known Use: before 12th century AUNT Middle English, from Old French ante, from Latin amita; akin to Old High German amma mother, nurse, Greek amma nurse First Known Use: 14th century UNCLE Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin avunculus mother's brother; akin to Old English ēam uncle, Welsh ewythr, Latin avus grandfather First Known Use: 14th century MOTHER Middle English moder, from Old English mōdor; akin to Old High German muoter mother, Latin mater, Greek mētēr, Sanskrit mātṛ First Known Use: before 12th century FATHER Middle English fader, from Old English fæder; akin to Old High German fater father, Latin pater, Greek patēr First Known Use: before 12th century COUSIN Middle English cosin, from Anglo-French cusin, cosin, from Latin consobrinus, from com- + sobrinus second cousin, from soror sister — more at sister First Known Use: 13th century NEPHEW Middle English nevew, from Anglo-French nevou, neveu, from Latin nepot-, nepos grandson, nephew; akin to Old English nefa grandson, nephew, Sanskrit napāt grandson First Known Use: 14th century NIECE Middle English nece granddaughter, niece, from Anglo-French nece, niece, from Late Latin neptia, from Latin neptis; akin to Latin nepot-, nepos grandson, nephew — more at nephew First Known Use: 14th century Reference: |
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