great-uncle
English
noun
Definitions
- An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gret-uncle affix from English uncle.
Origin
English
uncle
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- co-uncle English
- granduncle English
- step-uncle English
- stepuncle English
- uncle English
- uncle-in-law English
- uncledom English
- unclefucker English
- unclehood English
- uncleji English
- uncleless English
- unclely English
- uncleship English
- uncley English
- unclie English
- unclish English
- uncly English
- avunculus Latin
- Onkel German
- oncle French
- gret-uncle Middle English
- uncle Middle English
- uncail Irish
- onklo Esperanto
- अंकल Hindi
- uncail Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- အန်ကယ် Burmese
- uncle xno
- ʻanakala Hawaiian
- angkel Bislama
- ankel Torres Strait Creole