English

grandkid

From grand- + kid.

A compound of grand- + kid

Middle English

English grand-

Proto-Germanic *kidją ‘goatling’

Old Norse kið ‘young goat’

Middle English kide ‘kid’

English kid

Today it means

noun A grandchild.

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Etymograph / grandkid

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