nephew
要点おい
意味
- おい(自分や配偶者の兄弟姉妹のむすこ)
例文
His nephew was absorbed in the splendid fireworks.
彼のおいはその壮観な花火に心を奪われた。
My sister has two sons, so I have two nephews.
妹には２人の息子がいるので、私には２人の甥がいることになる。
My nephew was excused on the grounds of his youth.
私のおいは若さに免じて許された。
語源
ラテン語nepos「孫・おい」から「おい」。
nepotism（身内びいき）も同じ語源。
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English nevew, neveu (“nephew, grandson”), from Old French neveu, from Latin nepos, nepōtem, from Proto-Italic *nepōts (“nephew, grandson”), whence also French neveu, Italian nipote. Displaced or absorbed the inherited English neve (“nephew, grandson, male cousin”), from Middle English neve, from Old English nefa, from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew, grandson”), whence Dutch neef, German Neffe. All ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *népōts (“grandchild, sister's son”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian nećak, Irish nia, Persian نوه (nave). Doublet of neve.