The story
- French · derived fromcousin, cousine
- Old French · derived fromcusin, cosin, cousin“cousin”
- English todayCouzen
A Middle English surname from Norman terminology. From Anglo-Norman, from Old French cusin, cosin, cousin (“cousin”) (French cousin, cousine). Literally, “familial relative”.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.