Where does “prapraprababcia” come from?

prapraprababcia (Polish) comes from Polish praprababcia, from Polish prababcia, 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.

prapraprababcia (Polish): great-great-great-grandmother

Definitions

  1. great-great-great-grandmother

Ancestry of “prapraprababcia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpraprababciagreat-great-grandmother
2Polishprababciagreat-grandmother
3Polishbabciagrandmother
4Latin-cia
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iaEvery word from Latin -ius
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