auncle/ˈɑŋ.kəl/EtymologyBlend of aunt + uncle.nounUsed especially as a gender-neutral term: the sibling or sibling-in-law of one's parent.“By cross-cousin marriage, the parents-in-law are auncles (mother’s brother, father’s sister), but since we appear to have a Lukian term nere for parents-in-law but another, tuhe, for auncles, the Lukian relationship terms do not seem to be based upon a cross-cousin system.”