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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2019-10-28 07:47 am

besaiel

besaiel (bi-SAY-uhl) - n., (obs.) a great-grandfather.


Yes, there's a special word for it -- or was, as this is thoroughly obsolete now. From French bisaïeul, from Old French beseel/besayel/besaiol, from Latin bis, twice + avolus, diminutive of avus, grandfather.

---L.

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