great-grandchild
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈɡreɪtˈɡrænˌtʃaɪld/
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bisnieto
- I'll be here to meet those great-great-grandchildren I so longed to greet one day.
- children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren
You plant it once as it blows my mind, you plant a walnut tree and your great grandchildren eat walnuts from the tree one time.
- You plant it once as it blows my mind, you plant a walnut tree and your great grandchildren eat walnuts from the tree one time.
- And you can say, you know, I've been talking about your grandchildren and great grandchildren.
- So you it's, it's we would need to do things today to benefit our great grandchildren.
- I want to have, you know, the muscular vitality to, you know, hike and play with my great grandchildren, right?
- The AI is going to be trained on these conversations, you know, your great grandchildren will be able to glean knowledge from things that you shared.
- We're sipping hot chocolate, our great grandchildren, our great grandchildren playing outside.
- her great grandchildren, her great, great grandchildren, her great, great, great, great grandchildren.
- And as I say, I'm seeing their kids, their grandkids, great grandkids in one case, great, great grandchild coming through.
Examples
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I don't wish my great-grandchildren to live in a world without highlanders.
Fiction book (2000) -
I have twenty-three great-grandchildren at last count, but Cara is special.
Fiction book (1995) -
And now, recent deep spending that our great-grandchildren will be upset with us about for generations.
Blog text (3) -
You buy it, your great, great grandchildren inherit it.
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Let's be responsible passengers and let's make sure all our great grandchildren and future generations have a smooth ride as well.
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Become involved in the education of your children, your grandchildren, your great-grandchildren.
Academic text (1990) -
But are we so arrogant to assume that our great-grandchildren won't do the same?
Blog text (32) -
Ten grandchildren, four great-grandchildren.
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I've got sixteen grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Fiction book (2002) -
His family, including almost 30 great-grandchildren, joined him for the bar mitzvah last weekend.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
great-grandchild = grandchild (transparent) = great + grand + child
The meaning is directly derived from 'grandchild' with the addition of 'great' to indicate one more generation.
Etymology
The word great-grandchild comes from grandchild, which is a 'child of your child', with great added to mean 'one generation further'. So, a great-grandchild is the child of your grandchild.