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# son

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /sʌn/
**Frequency rank:** 243

## Meanings
1. A person's male child.
2. A friendly way an older or senior person addresses a younger man or boy.
3. A man seen as a typical product of a particular place.

## Examples
- Their son became a famous judge.
- Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl?
- He is celebrated as a famous son of the city.

## Synonyms
- boy
- lad

## Antonyms
- daughter
- father
- mother
- parent

## Derived Forms
- bioson
- furson
- godson
- grandfather-father-son
- grandson
- sisterson
- son-in-law
- son-out-law
- sonfucker
- sonhead
- sonhood
- sonless

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sonn
- Root: sunu
- Root: *sunu
- Root: *sunuz
- Root: *suHnús
- Root: *sewH-

## Etymology
From Middle English sonn, sone, sun, sune, from Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bear; give birth”).

## AI Etymology
Son is from Middle English sonn, sone, sun, sune, from Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bear; give birth”). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English sonn, Old English sunu, Proto-West Germanic *sunu, Proto-Germanic *sunuz, Proto-Indo-European *suHnús, Proto-Indo-European *sewH-. In current use it includes senses such as A person's male child and A friendly way an older or senior person addresses a younger man or boy.

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- Family & Relationships

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