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- Middle English · inherited fromgret-uncle
- English todaygreat-uncle
From Middle English gret-uncle, grete uncle, grete ouncle, equivalent to great- + uncle.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
great-uncle
Today it means: An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent). Full definition →
Middle English gret-uncle