Etymology

grandmotherly

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Today it means: Of or characteristic of grandmothers. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English grandmother
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  1. Englishgrandmother
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todaygrandmotherly

From grandmother + -ly (adjectival suffix).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.