Where does “great-grandson” come from?

great-grandson (English) comes from English grandson, from English Sơn, from Middle English sone, from Old English sōna, from Proto-West Germanic sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic sēna, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

great-grandson (English): A son of a grandchild

Definitions

  1. A son of a grandchild

Ancestry of “great-grandson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgrandsonA son of one's child
2EnglishSơn—
3Middle Englishsoneson; soon; Alternative form of sonne
4Old Englishsōnaimmediately, at once
5Proto-West Germanicsān(ō)immediately
6Proto-Germanicsēna—
7Proto-Germanic*sa—
8Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
9Proto-Oceanic*isa—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →