son

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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

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Definition

  1. noun a male human offspring
  2. noun the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

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”).

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boy

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