great-great-grandparent

See also: great great grandparent

English

Alternative forms

great great grandparent

Etymology

From great- +‎ great- +‎ grandparent.

Noun

great-great-grandparent (plural great-great-grandparents)

A parent of a great-grandparent, a grandparent of a grandparent and a great-grandparent of a parent.

Usage notes

Additional instances of "great-" can be prepended to the term, each indicating one further generation of ancestry. For large numbers of generations a number can be substituted, for example, "fourth great-grandparent", "four-greats grandparent" or "four-times-great-grandparent".

Synonyms

second great-grandparent

Hyponyms

Related terms

Translations

parent of a great-grandparent

Esperanto: prapraavo
French: arrière-arrière-grand-parent (fr) m
German: Ururgroßelternteil m
Hungarian: ükszülő (hu)
Indonesian: buyut (id)
Malay: buyut (ms), ibu bapa moyang, datuk nenek datuk nenek, moyang ibu bapa
Romanian: stră-străbunici m pl
Thai: เทียด (th) (tîiat)
Welsh: hen hen daid m, hen hen dad-cu m, hen hen nain f, hen hen fam-gu f

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