tataranieto

Spanish

Etymology

From tras- +‎ Old Spanish trasnieto (“great-grandchild”), from tras- + nieto (“grandson”), formed from nieta (“granddaughter”), from Late Latin nepta, from Latin neptis, from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂. Compare Latin nepōs (“grandson, grandaughter, nephew, niece”) (genitive singular nepōtis).

Noun

tataranieto m (plural tataranietos, feminine tataranieta, feminine plural tataranietas)

1. great-great-grandchild; great-great-grandson (great-great-granddaughter for the feminine form)

Coordinate terms

• bisnieto (“great-grandchild/son”)
• decanieto (“ninth-great-grandchild/son”)
• eneanieto (“ninth-great-grandchild/son”)
• heptanieto (“seventh-great-grandchild/son”)
• hexanieto (“sixth-great-grandchild/son”)
• nieto (“grandchild/son”)
• octanieto (“eighth-great-grandchild/son”)
• pentanieto, bichozno (“fourth-great-grandchild/son”)
• trastataranieto, chozno (“great-great-great-grandchild/son”)

 

Related terms

• bisnieto
• tatarabuelo m

 

Further reading

• “tataranieto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10