Etymology

great-great-grandfather

Today it means: The father of someone's great-grandparent. Full definition →

English grandfather ← Middle English grete ← Old English grēat
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The story

  1. Englishgreat-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʰer-
  3. Proto-Germanic*grautaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*graut
  5. Old Englishgrēat
  6. Middle Englishgrete
  7. Englishgreat
  8. Englishgrandfather
  9. English todaygreat-great-grandfather

From great- + great + grandfather.

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