great-great-grandmother

noun

The mother of someone’s great-grandparent.

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great-great-grandma
OriginEnglish grandmother ← Middle English grete ← Old English grēat →
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Meanings

noungreat-great-grandmother (plural great-great-grandmothers)

plural great-great-grandmothers · alternative great great grandmother

  1. The mother of someone’s great-grandparent.

    Synonyms: great-great-grandma

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent.

Similar
great-great-grandma

Origin

  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. Englishgrandmother
  9. Englishgreat-great-grandmother

From great- + great + grandmother.

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Translations

Catalan rebesàvia
  • rebesàviaThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Chinese Mandarin 高祖母
  • 高祖母 (gāozǔmǔ)The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Czech praprababička
  • praprababičkaThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Danish tipoldemor, tipoldemoder
  • tipoldemorThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • tipoldemoderThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Finnish isoisoisoäiti
  • isoisoisoäitiThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
French arrière-arrière-grand-mère, trisaïeule
  • arrière-arrière-grand-mèreThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • trisaïeuleThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
German Ururgroßmutter
  • UrurgroßmutterThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Greek προπρογιαγιά
  • προπρογιαγιά (proprogiagiá)The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Hungarian ükanya
  • ükanyaThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Italian trisnonna, trisavola
  • trisnonnaThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • trisavolaThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Japanese 高祖母
  • 高祖母 (kōsobo)The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Korean 고조모
  • 고조모 (gojomo)The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Latin abavia
  • abaviaThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Malay buyut perempuan, buyut
  • buyut perempuanThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • buyutThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • ibu moyangThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • nenek datuk nenekThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Norwegian Bokmål tippoldemor
  • tippoldemorThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Polish praprababcia
  • praprababciaThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Portuguese trisavó
  • trisavóThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Russian прапраба́бушка
  • прапраба́бушка (praprabábuška)The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Spanish tatarabuela
  • tatarabuelaThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Swedish gammelgammelmormor, gammelgammelfarmor
  • gammelgammelmormorThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • gammelgammelfarmorThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Tagalog lola sa talampakan
  • lola sa talampakanThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Tamil எள்ளுப்பாட்டி
  • எள்ளுப்பாட்டி (eḷḷuppāṭṭi)The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Thai ย่าเทียด, ยายเทียด
  • ย่าเทียด (yâa-tîiat)The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • ยายเทียด (yaai-tîiat)The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Welsh hen hen nain, hen hen fam-gu
  • hen hen nainThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • hen hen fam-guThe mother of someone’s great-grandparent
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“great-great-grandmother.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-great-grandmother. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “great-great-grandmother,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-great-grandmother.

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