Great-great-grandfather

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The father of someone's great-grandparent.

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"The father of a father is a grandfather, a grandfather's father is a great-grandfather, a great-grandfather's father is a great-great-grandfather, but no word has been decided upon for the generations before great-great-grandfather."

Etymology

From great- + great- + grandfather.

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