English

grandboss

From grand- + boss.

Formed from grand- + boss

Middle English

Proto-Germanic *baswô ‘uncle’

Proto-West Germanic *baswō

Old Dutch *baso ‘uncle’

Middle Dutch baes ‘master of a household’

Dutch baas ‘boss’

English boss

Today it means

noun The boss of one's boss.

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

Etymograph / grandboss