tatarabuelo
Spanish
Etymology
Coined by analogy with tataranieto, and this of tratranieto, of the prefix tras- reduplicated and nieto; formerly trasabuelo was the usual term for our modern bisabuelo. Coromines dates the term around 1625[1]
Noun
tatarabuelo m (plural tatarabuelos, feminine tatarabuela, feminine plural tatarabuelas)
- great-great-grandfather (great-great-grandmother for the feminine form)
- (usually in the plural) great-great-grandparent (either a great-great-grandmother or a great-great-grandfather)
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References
Further reading
- “tatarabuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024