Where does “prababcia” come from?

prababcia (Polish) comes from Polish babcia, from Latin -cia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

prababcia (Polish): great-grandmother

Definitions

  1. great-grandmother

Ancestry of “prababcia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbabciagrandmother
2Latin-cia—
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “prababcia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ia →Every word from Latin -ius →