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Redbird ([personal profile] redbird) wrote2023-07-31 09:02 am
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the word "sibling"

"Sibling" in the current meaning of "brother or sister" was first used as a technical term in the 1900s, and wasn't in general use until the 1950s or 1960s.

In Middle English, "sibling" meant any relative.

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