Etymograph

English

great-great-nephew

From great- + great-nephew.

Formed from great- + great-nephew

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 Synonym of great-grandnephew.

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

Etymograph / great-great-nephew