niece

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The daughter of your brother or sister.

   My niece just celebrated her fifteenth birthday.

From Middle English nece (“niece, granddaughter”), from Old French nece (“niece, granddaughter”) (Modern French nièce (“niece”)) from Late Latin neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂ (“granddaughter, niece”). Doublet of nift.

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