Etymograph

English

grandpaternal

From grand- + paternal.

A compound of grand- + paternal

Middle English

English grand-

Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’

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Latin pater ‘father’

Latin paternus ‘of or pertaining to a father, paternal’

Vulgar Latin paternālis

Old French paternal ‘of a father’

English paternal

Today it means

adj of or relating to a grandfather

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