Word Origin Summary

Son of a bitch is attested in English. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. bichesoneMiddle Englishinherited from
2. bikkjusonrOld Norsederived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• sénévébitche

  Norman · borrowed from

• tíkarsonur

  Icelandic · derived from

• kanapapiki

  Hawaiian · borrowed from

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• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root