grandparenthood

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A time when you have grandchildren and care for and guide them

noun
/ˈɡrænˌpɛrənthʊd/

: abuelidad

After years of waiting, she finally embraced the joys of grandparenthood by welcoming her first grandchild into the world.

Examples

Kin-time refers to the family norms concerning the temporal and sequential nature of such transitions as parenthood, marriage, and grandparenthood.

Academic text (1991)
They no longer hostage themselves to those social institutions of tainted time: betrothal, marriage, childbirth, parenthood, grandparenthood, created to counter the obliterating power of death.

Fiction book (1993)
He found immense joy in grandparenthood, often taking his grandchildren to the park for afternoons of fun.
Many people say that grandparenthood brings a new level of happiness and fulfillment to their lives.

Surface Forms

grandparenthood singular

grandparenthoods plural

Morphology

grandparenthood = grandparent (transparent) = grand + parent + hood

Formed by straightforward suffixation of '-hood' to 'grandparent' to denote the state or condition of being a grandparent.

Etymology

Grandparenthood is made of three parts: grand- (showing a 'greater' or 'older' generation), parent ('a father or mother'), and the ending -hood ('the state of'). So grandparenthood means the 'state of being a grandparent', just like parenthood means the state of being a parent.