great-grandson

noun

A son of a grandchild.

OriginEnglish grandson ← Middle English sone ← Old English sunu →
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Meanings

noungreat-grandson (plural great-grandsons)

plural great-grandsons · alternative great grandson · alternative greatgrandson

  1. A son of a grandchild.

Origin

  1. Englishgreat-
  2. Englishgrand-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sew-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sewH-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*suHnús
  6. Proto-Germanic*sunuz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*sunu
  8. Old Englishsunu
  9. Middle Englishsone
  10. Englishson
  11. Englishgrandson
  12. Englishgreat-grandson

From great- + grandson.

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Translations

Bulgarian пра́внук
  • пра́внук (právnuk)son of a grandchild
Catalan besnet, renet
  • besnetson of a grandchild
  • renetson of a grandchild
Chinese Cantonese 息仔, 曾孫 /曾孙
  • 息仔 (sak¹ zai²)son of a grandchild
  • 曾孫 /曾孙 (zang¹ syun¹)son of a grandchild
Chinese Mandarin 曾孫 /曾孙, 重孫 /重孙
  • 曾孫 /曾孙 (zēngsūn)son of a grandchild
  • 重孫 /重孙 (chóngsūn)son of a grandchild
  • 重孫子 /重孙子 (chóngsūnzi)son of a grandchild
Czech pravnuk
  • pravnukson of a grandchild
Esperanto pranepo
  • praneposon of a grandchild
Estonian lapselapselaps
  • lapselapselapsson of a grandchild
Finnish lapsenlapsenlapsi
  • lapsenlapsenlapsison of a grandchild
French arrière-petit-fils
  • arrière-petit-filsson of a grandchild
German Urenkel
  • Urenkelson of a grandchild
Hebrew נִין
  • נִין (nin)son of a grandchild
Hindi परपोता
  • परपोता (parpotā)son of a grandchild
Hungarian dédunoka
  • dédunokason of a grandchild
Japanese ひ孫, 曾孫
  • ひ孫 (hi-imago)son of a grandchild
  • 曾孫 (sōson)son of a grandchild
Korean 증손
  • 증손 (jeungson)son of a grandchild
Latin pronepōs
  • pronepōsson of a grandchild
Latvian mazmazdēls
  • mazmazdēlsson of a grandchild
Lithuanian provaikaitis, proanūkis
  • provaikaitisson of a grandchild
  • proanūkisson of a grandchild
Malay cicit lelaki, cicit
  • cicit lelakison of a grandchild
  • cicitson of a grandchild
  • anak cucuson of a grandchild
  • cucu anakson of a grandchild
Norwegian Bokmål oldesønn
  • oldesønnson of a grandchild
Polish prawnuk
  • prawnukson of a grandchild
Portuguese bisneto
  • bisnetoson of a grandchild
Romanian strănepot
  • strănepotson of a grandchild
Russian пра́внук
  • пра́внук (právnuk)son of a grandchild
Scottish Gaelic iar-ogha
  • iar-oghason of a grandchild
Slovak pravnuk
  • pravnukson of a grandchild
Spanish bisnieto
  • bisnietoson of a grandchild
Swedish barnbarnsbarn
  • barnbarnsbarnson of a grandchild
Tagalog apo sa tuhod
  • apo sa tuhodson of a grandchild
Ukrainian пра́внук
  • пра́внук (právnuk)son of a grandchild
Vietnamese chắt
  • chắtson of a grandchild
Welsh gorwyr
  • gorwyrson of a grandchild
Cite this entry
APA

great-grandson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-grandson

MLA

“great-grandson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-grandson. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “great-grandson,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-grandson.

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