Where does “grandparent” come from?
Grandparent comes from Middle English grandparent, from Middle French grandparent, from Latin grandis and parens, the latter from parere meaning to bring forth or produce.
grandparent (English): the parent of someone's parent; Synonym of...
Definitions
- the parent of someone's parent; Synonym of...
Ancestry of “grandparent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parent | One of the two persons from whom one is... |
| 2 | Middle French | parent | parent |
| 3 | Old French | parent | parent |
| 4 | Latin | parēns | parent, mother, father |
| 5 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |