English
great-niece
From great- + niece.
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 *népōts ‘grandson’
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Latin neptis ‘granddaughter’
Late Latin neptia ‘granddaughter’
Old French niece ‘niece, granddaughter’
Middle English nece ‘niece, granddaughter’
English niece
Today it means
noun Synonym of grandniece.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / great-niece