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ruzuzu commented on the word patruel
"Child of your paternal uncle. Also, a child of your own brother. It hasn't gotten a lot of use in the past few centuries, but it was once convenient to have a term for this relationship because it factored into royal succession considerations. The first citation for it in the OED, from 1538, reads, "Efter his patruell deid withoutin contradictioun he wes king.""
-- http://mentalfloss.com/article/54486/11-little-known-words-specific-family-members/
December 10, 2015