Where does “great-great-great-granddaughter” come from?
great-great-great-granddaughter (English) comes from English great-great-granddaughter, from English great-granddaughter, from English granddaughter, from English daughter, from Middle English doghter, from Old English dohtor, from Proto-West Germanic dohter, from Proto-Germanic duhtēr — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...
great-great-great-granddaughter (English): The daughter of one’s great-great-grandchild
Definitions
- The daughter of one’s great-great-grandchild
Ancestry of “great-great-great-granddaughter”, step by step
great-great-great-granddaughter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English great-great-granddaughter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | great-great-granddaughter | The daughter of one's great-grandchild |
| 2 | English | great-granddaughter | The daughter of someone's grandchild |
| 3 | English | granddaughter | The daughter of someone's child |
| 4 | English | daughter | One’s female offspring; A female descendant; A... |
| 5 | Middle English | doghter | A daughter; one's female offspring |
| 6 | Old English | dohtor | daughter |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | dohter | daughter |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | duhtēr | daughter |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰugh₂tḗr | daughter |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewgʰ- | to produce, to produce something useful; to be... |
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 |