Etymology

granddaddy

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Today it means: A grandfather. Full definition →

English daddy
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The story

  1. Englishgrand-
  2. Englishdad
  3. Englishdaddy
  4. English todaygranddaddy

From grand- + daddy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.