Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗One's male offspring. · A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents. · A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person. · A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by social conflict.
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”).
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