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great-great-grandmother

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The mother 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 grandmother English great-great-grandmother From great- + great + grandmother.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: rebesàvia — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高祖母 (gāozǔmǔ) — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Czech: praprababička — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Danish: tipoldemor — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Danish: tipoldemoder — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Faroese: olduromma — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Finnish: isoisoisoäiti — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • French: arrière-arrière-grand-mère — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • French: trisaïeule — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Galician: trasavoa — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • German: Ururgroßmutter — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Hungarian: ükanya — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Italian: trisnonna — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Italian: trisavola — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Japanese: 高祖母 (kōsobo) — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Korean: 고조모 (gojomo) — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Latin: abavia — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Malay: buyut perempuan — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Malay: buyut — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Malay: ibu moyang — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Malay: nenek datuk nenek — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Navajo: naakidi náchó — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tippoldemor — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tippoldemor — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Polish: praprababcia — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Portuguese: trisavó — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Russian: прапраба́бушка (praprabábuška) — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Serbo-Croatian: čukunbaba — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Spanish: tatarabuela — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Swedish: gammelgammelmormor — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Swedish: gammelgammelfarmor — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Tagalog: lola sa talampakan — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Tamil: எள்ளுப்பாட்டி (eḷḷuppāṭṭi) — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Thai: ย่าเทียด (yâa-tîiat) — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Thai: ยายเทียด (yaai-tîiat) — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Welsh: hen hen nain — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
  • Welsh: hen hen fam-gu — The mother of someone’s great-grandparent
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