English Explanatory Dictionary

neve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Nephew.
  2. A male cousin.
  3. A grandson.
  4. A spendthrift.
name
  1. A surname from Middle English.

Pronunciation

/niːv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-neve.wav

Word forms

neve neves Neave Neaves Neeve Neeves

Etymology

From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Today mostly displaced by its cognate nephew (from Old French neveu). Compare nift (“niece”).

Related words

nift nevvy neffy
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