sib

[sib]

adjective

1. related by blood; akin.

noun

1. a kinsman; relative.

2. one's kin or kindred.

3. Anthropology.,  a unilateral descent group.

sib

¹

/ sɪb /

noun

1. a blood relative

2. a brother or sister; sibling

3. kinsmen collectively; kindred

4. any social unit that is bonded by kinship through one line of descent only

SIB

²

abbreviation

1. (the former) Securities and Investments Board

Word History and Origins

Origin of sib¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English sib(e), sibb(e), Old English sib(b) (originally an adjective); cognate with Old Norse sifjar (plural) “relatives,” Old Frisian sib (adjective), sibba (noun), Middle Dutch sibbe (noun and adjective), German Sippe “kin”; gossip

Word History and Origins

Origin of sib¹

Old English sibb; related to Old Norse sifjar relatives, Old High German sippa kinship, Latin suus one's own; see _gossip

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