myEtymology.com: English etymology of grandniece

Etymology of the English word grandniece

the English word grandniece

derived from the English word niece

derived from the Old French word niece

derived from the Classical Latin word neptis (granddaughter; female descendant)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nepōt-

derived from the Old French word nece

derived from the Vulgar Latin root *neptia

derived from the Classical Latin word neptis (granddaughter; female descendant)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nepōt-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *neftiz

using the English prefix grand-

derived from the English word grand

derived from the Old French word grand

derived from the Classical Latin word grandis (full-grown, grown up; large)

derived from the Old French prefix grand-