nephew
noun /ˈnefjuː/, /ˈnevjuː/
/ˈnefjuː/, /ˈnevjuː/
- the son of your brother or sister; the son of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister
侄子；外甥 词源Middle English: from Old French neveu, from Latin nepos ‘grandson, nephew’, from an Indo-European root shared by Dutch neef and German Neffe.