great-

See also: great and gréât

English

Etymology

From Middle English gret- (“great-”), from gret (“great”). More at great.

Prefix

great-

With familial designations, used to denote a removal of one generation
great-uncle (an uncle of one's mother or father)

great-grandfather (the father of one's grandfather)

great-great-grandfather (a grandfather of one's grandfather)

great-great-great-grandfather, etc.

(informal) fourth-great-granduncle, etc. (same as great-great-great-great-granduncle)

(informal) fourth-great-grandfather, etc. (same as great-great-great-great-grandfather)

Synonyms

grand-

Derived terms

Translations

removal of one generation

Albanian: stër-
Belarusian: пра- (pra-)
Bulgarian: пра- (pra-)
Catalan: bes- (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 太 (taai³) (older generations)
Czech: pra- (cs)
Danish: tip-
Esperanto: pra- (eo)
French: arrière (fr)
German: ur- (de)
Hungarian: déd-
Irish: sean- (ga)
Italian: bis-, pro- (it)
Jeju: 왕- (wang-)
Polish: pra- (pl)
Portuguese: ta-
Romanian: stră- (ro)
Russian: пра- (ru) (pra-)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пра-

Roman: pra-
Slovak: pra-
Slovene: pra-
Spanish: bis-
Swedish: gammel- (sv)
Ukrainian: пра- (pra-)
Welsh: hen (cy) (older generations), gor- (cy) (younger generations)
Yiddish: אור־ (ur-), עלטער־ (elter-) (older generations)

References

“great-, prefix”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
“great-, prefix”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Anagrams

'Gater, Gater, Greta, ergat-, grate, retag, targe, terga

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