great-

See also: great and gréât

English

Etymology

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

Prefix

great-

1. 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

English terms prefixed with great-

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