NEPHEW  , the son of a See also:

• BROTHER

brother or See also:

• SISTER

sister . The word is adapted from Fr. neveu, See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• NEPOS, CORNELIUS (c. 99–24 B.C.)
• NEPOS, JULIUS

nepos (originally " See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson " or " descendant ") . The O . Eng. nefa survived in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form new till the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century; this represents the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch, cf . Ger . Neffe, Dutch neef; the ultimate See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root is seen in the cognate Gr. i4lro&es, " descendants," See also:

• AVE, or FIRN

ave,/aos, " kinsman," and Sans. napat, napt, " descendants " or " descendant." The correlative " niece," the daughter of a brother or sister, is from Fr. niece, Lat. neptis, the feminine form of nepos; the O . Eng. word was nift, cf . Ger . Nichte . A euphemistic use of " nephew " is that of the natural son of a See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope, See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal or other ecclesiastic; and from the practice of granting preferments to such See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children the word " nepotism " is used of any favouritism shown in finding positions for a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's See also:

• FAMILY

family .