cousin
要点いとこ、親類
意味
- いとこ
- 親類,縁者
- (性質などが)よく似たもの,兄弟分
例文
Today I cooked little jam tarts with my cousin.
今日はいとこと一緒にジャムタルトを作ったよ。
The editor and the publisher are both my cousins.
その編集者と発行者はふたりとも私のいとこです。
My cousin who lives in Boston is a good skier.
ボストンにいる僕のいとこなんだけど、スキーが上手なんだよ。
語源
ラテン語consobrinus「母の姉妹(soror)の子どうし」から。のちに広くおじ・おばの子「いとこ」。
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The noun is derived from Middle English cosin, cosine, cosyn (“blood relative, kinsman or kinswoman; any relative; nephew or niece; first cousin; grandson or granddaughter; descendant; godchild or godparent, or a relative of a godchild or godparent; (figurative) closely related or similar thing”) [and other forms], and then: * from Anglo-Norman cosen, cosin [and other forms], Middle French cosin, and Old French cosin (“collateral male relative more distant than one’s brother; form of address used by a monarch to male monarchs or nobles”) [and other forms] (modern French cousin); and * from Anglo-Norman cosine, Middle French cosine, and Old French cosine (“collateral female relative more dist…