different between sibling vs heteronymous

English

Etymology

1903, modern revival of Old English sibling (“relative, a relation, kinsman”), equivalent to sib +? -ling. Compare Middle English sib, sibbe (“relative; kinsman”), German Sippe. The term apparently meant merely kin or relative until the 20th century when it was applied in a way that aided the study of genetics, which led to its specialized use. For example, the OED has a 1903 citation in which "sibling" must be defined for those who don't know the intended meaning.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?b?-l?ng, IPA^(key): /?s?bl??/
• Rhymes: -?bl??, -??
• Hyphenation: sib?ling

Noun

sibling (plural siblings)

1. A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.

2. (computing theory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
3. (taxonomy) The most closely related species, or one of several most closely species when none can be determined to be more closely related.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• sibling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Giblins

Dutch

Etymology

From English sibling. Equivalent to native Dutch sibbe (“kinship; family”) +? -ling (“-ling”).

Noun

sibling m (plural siblingen)

1. (chiefly academic) sibling

Related terms

• sibbe
• sibbegenoot

Old English

Etymology

From sibb +? -ling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sib.lin?/, [?sib.li??]

Noun

sibling m

1. relative, kinsman

Declension

Descendants

• ? English: sibling

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “sibling”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

English

Etymology

From heteronym +? -ous.

Adjective

heteronymous (comparative more heteronymous, superlative most heteronymous)

1. Of, or relating to a heteronym.
2. Being different words, but having a common relationship, as in the case of brother and sister, which denote siblings.