Plural of nephew: a boy or man who is the son of your brother or sister.
From Old French 'neveu,' from Latin 'nepos' meaning 'grandson' or 'nephew.' The term eventually narrowed to mean specifically the son of one's sibling.
The word 'nephew' (like 'niece') reveals that English kinship terms are often gender-specific in ways that other languages aren't—Spanish 'sobrino' means both nephew and grandson, showing how different cultures carve up family relationships differently.
Nephew refers to a male relative; the female equivalent (niece) uses different etymology, fragmenting kinship language by gender when the relationship is identical.
Use nephew/niece or simply 'nibling' when gender is unknown; or use 'sibling's child' for clarity.
["nibling","sibling's child","young relative"]
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