myEtymology.com: English etymology of granduncle

Etymology of the English word granduncle

the English word granduncle

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-

derived from the English word uncle

derived from the Old French word oncle

derived from the Latin word avunculus (maternal uncle, mother's brother, mother's sister's husband)

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

derived from the Anglo-Norman word uncle

derived from the Latin word avunculus (maternal uncle, mother's brother, mother's sister's husband)

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