nieto
/ˈnjeto/ · B1 · noun · m
grandchild
👴👦 From Latin nepos, grandson: same root as nephew and nepotism
Latin nepos meant grandson and later nephew. Spanish kept the grandson sense as nieto, and English took the nephew sense. Nepotism means favouring your relatives, so nieto is the relative a grandparent spoils. The feminine form is nieta, granddaughter.