stepgrandfather
English
noun
Definitions
- The stepfather of one's mother or father and the husband of one's grandmother, and not one's biological grandfather, especially following the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandfather.
- The father of one's stepmother or stepfather.
Etymology
Prefix from English grandfather.
Origin
English
grandfather
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- co-grandfather English
- father English
- grandfather English
- grandfather-in-law English
- grandfatherhood English
- grandfatherless English
- grandfatherly English
- great-grandfather English
- grandfadre Middle English