English

grandaunt

From grand- + aunt.

A compound of grand- + aunt

Middle English

English grand-

Proto-Indo-European *amma

Latin amita ‘father's sister’

Old French ante

Anglo-Norman aunte

Middle English aunte

English aunt

Today it means

noun Synonym of great-aunt.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / grandaunt

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