Where does “arrière-grand-oncle” come from?
arrière-grand-oncle (French) comes from French arrière-, from French arrière, from Old French ariere, from Vulgar Latin ad retro, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.
arrière-grand-oncle (French): great-granduncle
Ancestry of “arrière-grand-oncle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | arrière- | Forms nouns from the adverb usage of arrière |
| 2 | French | arrière | back; rear; fullback; shooting guard |
| 3 | Old French | ariere | Alternative form of arire |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | ad retro | to the rear |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |