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great-great-grandfather

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The father of someone's great-grandparent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English great- Proto-Indo-European *gher-der. Proto-Germanic *grautaz Proto-West Germanic *graut Old English grēat Middle English grete English great English grandfather English great-great-grandfather From great- + great + grandfather.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: katragjysh — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Burmese: အဘီ (a.bhi) — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Burmese: ဘီ (bhi) — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Catalan: rebesavi — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高祖父 (gāozǔfù) — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Czech: prapradědeček — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Danish: tipoldefar — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Danish: tipoldefader — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Dutch: betovergrootvader — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Esperanto: prapraavo — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Faroese: oldurabbi — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Finnish: isoisoisoisä — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • French: arrière-arrière-grand-père — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • French: trisaïeul — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Galician: trasavó — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • German: Ururgroßvater — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Hungarian: ükapa — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Icelandic: langlangafi — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Italian: arcavolo — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Italian: trisnonno — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Italian: trisavolo — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Japanese: 高祖父 (kōsofu) — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Kashmiri: جَدٕ بُڈؠ بَب (jadụ buḍ' bab) — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Korean: 고조부 (gojobu) — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Latin: abavus — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Malay: buyut lelaki — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Malay: buyut — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Malay: bapa moyang — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Malay: datuk datuk nenek — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tippoldefar — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tippoldefar — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Old English: þridda fæder — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Polish: prapradziad — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Portuguese: trisavô — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Portuguese: tataravô — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Russian: прапра́дед (prapráded) — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Russian: прапраде́душка (prapradéduška) — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Serbo-Croatian: čukundeda — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Spanish: tatarabuelo — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Sundanese: bao — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Swedish: gammelgammelmorfar — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Swedish: gammelgammelfarfar — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Tagalog: lolo sa talampakan — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Tamil: எள்ளுத்தாத்தா (eḷḷuttāttā) — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Thai: ปู่เทียด (bpùu-tîiat) — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Thai: ตาเทียด (dtaa-tîiat) — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Ukrainian: прапрадід (prapradid) — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Vietnamese: kị — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Welsh: hen hen daid — The father of someone's great-grandparent
  • Welsh: hen hen dad-cu — The father of someone's great-grandparent
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