Italian word cugino comes from Latin con-, Latin sobrinus (Maternal cousin (male).)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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con- | Latin (lat) | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects. Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word. |
sobrinus | Latin (lat) | Maternal cousin (male). |
com- | Latin (lat) | |
consobrinus | Latin (lat) | A first cousin, cousin-german. A maternal male cousin; the child of a mother's brother. A relation. |
cousin | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
cugino | Italian (ita) | A male cousin (son of one’s uncle or aunt). |