Meanings
plural quatrayles
- rareA great-great-great-grandfather; the grandfather of the grandfather of one's father.
He was the quatrayle of Zaccheus Gould, the New England immigrant.
1880, The New England Register, volume 34, New England Historic Genealogical Society, published 1996, page 4331 more example
This means that two individuals A and B whose most recent common ancestor C is the quatrayle (or great-great-great-grandfather) of the former and the quatrayle of the latter cannot belong to the same lineage, because the genealogical chain linking A to B contains ten degrees of kinship.
2012, Oliviu Felecan, Name and Naming: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives, page 80
Origin
Modified form of quadri- + ayle.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech praprapradědeček
- praprapradědečekgrandfather of one's great-grandparent
Finnish isoisoisoisoisä
- isoisoisoisoisägrandfather of one's great-grandparent
French quadrisaïeul, arrière-arrière-arrière-grand-père
- quadrisaïeulgrandfather of one's great-grandparent
- arrière-arrière-arrière-grand-pèregrandfather of one's great-grandparent
German Urururgroßvater
- Urururgroßvatergrandfather of one's great-grandparent
Hungarian szépapa
- szépapagrandfather of one's great-grandparent
Indonesian cilawagi, cakawari
- cilawagigrandfather of one's great-grandparent
- cakawarigrandfather of one's great-grandparent
Latin atavus
- atavusgrandfather of one's great-grandparent
Malay cilawagi, cakawari
- cilawagigrandfather of one's great-grandparent
- cakawarigrandfather of one's great-grandparent
Polish praprapradziadek, praprapradziad
- praprapradziadekgrandfather of one's great-grandparent
- praprapradziadgrandfather of one's great-grandparent
Portuguese tetravô
- tetravôgrandfather of one's great-grandparent
Russian прапрапрадед
- прапрапрадед (praprapraded)grandfather of one's great-grandparent
Tagalog lolo sa sakong
- lolo sa sakonggrandfather of one's great-grandparent
Ukrainian прапрапрадід
- прапрапрадід (praprapradid)grandfather of one's great-grandparent
Cite this entry
quatrayle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quatrayle
“quatrayle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quatrayle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quatrayle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quatrayle.
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