English
greatuncle
From great- + uncle.
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 *h₂éwh₂os ‘grandfather’
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Latin avunculus ‘maternal uncle’
Vulgar Latin *aunclum
Anglo-Norman uncle
Middle English uncle
English uncle
Today it means
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Etymograph / greatuncle