Where does “great-grandpa” come from?
great-grandpa (English) comes from English grandpa, from English PA, from English papa, from Portuguese papá, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
great-grandpa (English): A great-grandfather
Definitions
- A great-grandfather
Ancestry of “great-grandpa”, step by step
great-grandpa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grandpa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grandpa | grandfather |
| 2 | English | PA | Initialism of public address; Initialism of... |
| 3 | English | papa | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned... |
| 4 | Portuguese | papá | dad; daddy; father; food |
| 5 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 6 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 7 | Old French | papa | — |
| 8 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 10 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |
via English Great
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Great | Taking much space; large |
| 2 | Middle English | grete | great; massive; amazing |
| 3 | Old English | grēat | great, large; big, thick, coarse, massive |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |