great-great-grandson

noun

The son of one's great-grandchild.

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

noungreat-great-grandson (plural great-great-grandsons)

plural great-great-grandsons · alternative great great grandson

  1. The son of one's great-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-great-grandson

From great- + great- + grandson.

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Translations

Chinese 油柑孫 /油柑孙
  • 油柑孫 /油柑孙 (iû-kam-sun)the son of one's great-grandchild
Chinese Mandarin 玄孫 /玄孙
  • 玄孫 /玄孙 (xuánsūn)the son of one's great-grandchild
Esperanto prapranepo
  • prapranepothe son of one's great-grandchild
Finnish pojanpojanpoika, pojantyttärenpoika
  • pojanpojanpoikathe son of one's great-grandchild
  • pojantyttärenpoikathe son of one's great-grandchild
  • tyttärentyttärenpoikathe son of one's great-grandchild
  • tyttärenpojanpoikathe son of one's great-grandchild
  • lapsenlapsen poikathe son of one's great-grandchild
French arrière-arrière-petit-fils
  • arrière-arrière-petit-filsthe son of one's great-grandchild
German Ururenkel
  • Ururenkelthe son of one's great-grandchild
Greek τρισέγγονος
  • τρισέγγονος (triséngonos)the son of one's great-grandchild
Hungarian ükunoka
  • ükunokathe son of one's great-grandchild
Latin abnepōs
  • abnepōsthe son of one's great-grandchild
Malay piut lelaki, piut
  • piut lelakithe son of one's great-grandchild
  • piutthe son of one's great-grandchild
  • anak lelaki cicitthe son of one's great-grandchild
  • cucu lelaki cucuthe son of one's great-grandchild
Polish praprawnuk
  • praprawnukthe son of one's great-grandchild
Portuguese abneto, trineto
  • abnetothe son of one's great-grandchild
  • trinetothe son of one's great-grandchild
Russian прапра́внук
  • прапра́внук (praprávnuk)the son of one's great-grandchild
Spanish tataranieto
  • tataranietothe son of one's great-grandchild
Swedish barnbarnsbarnbarn
  • barnbarnsbarnbarnthe son of one's great-grandchild
Welsh gororwyr
  • gororwyrthe son of one's great-grandchild
Cite this entry
APA

great-great-grandson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-great-grandson

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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