English
great-great-grandfather
From great- + great + grandfather.
A compound of great- + great + grandfather
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-
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd- ‘to rub’
Proto-Germanic *grautaz ‘coarse’
Proto-West Germanic *graut
Old English grēat ‘big’
Middle English greet ‘great’
English great
Middle English grandfadre
English grandfather
Today it means
noun The father of someone's great-grandparent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / great-great-grandfather