Etymology

godsib

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Today it means: One's sibling or kin via a godfamily tie: one's or one's child's godparent, or one's godchild's parent, or one's godparent's child. Full definition →

Middle English godsib
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  1. Middle English · learned borrowing fromgodsib
  2. English todaygodsib

Learned borrowing from Middle English godsib, variant of gossib; doublet of gossip and by surface analysis, god- + sib; see those entries for more.

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