English
great-grandnephew
From great- + grandnephew.
Formed from great- + grandnephew
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’
English great-
Today it means
noun A great-grandson of one's sibling, a grandson of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's great-grandson: fraternal great-grandnephew. Sister's great-grandson: sororal great-grandnephew.)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / great-grandnephew