English

great-grand

From great- + grand; from great-granddaughter, great-grandfather, great-grandmother, great-grandson, etc.

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd- ‘to rub, grind, remove’

Proto-Germanic *grautaz ‘coarse, crude’

Proto-West Germanic *graut

Old English grēat ‘big’

Middle English grete ‘great’

Latin grandis ‘full-grown, great’

Old French grant ‘big, large’

Anglo-Norman graunt

Middle English grand

English grand

Today it means

noun A great-grandparent or great-grandchild.

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

Etymograph / great-grand