Great-

prefix

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Definitions

Prefix
  1. 1
    With familial designations, used to denote a removal of one generation morpheme

    "great-uncle (an uncle of one's mother or father)"

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grand

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"great-uncle (an uncle of one's mother or father)"

Etymology

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

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