English word cuz 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. |
cosin | Old French (fro) | Cousin. |
cousin | English (en) | (obsolete) A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl.. Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc.. The son or daughter of a person’s uncle or aunt; a [...] |
cuz | English (en) | (informal) cousin (usually as a term of address, but not necessarily towards one's cousin). |