The story
- Old English · inherited fromgodsunu“godson”
- Middle English · inherited fromgodsone
- English todaygodson
From Middle English godsone, gossone, from Old English godsunu (“godson”), equivalent to god- + son. Cognate with Danish gudsøn (“godson”), Swedish gudson (“godson”), Icelandic guðsonur (“godson”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.