eldfather
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Noun — Your grandfather, or an ancestor further back.
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Etymology
Came from Middle English eldfader, a variant of olde fader, from Old English eald fæder (“grandfather, ancestor”); equivalent to eld (“old”) + father. Cognate with Scots eldfader (“grandfather, father-in-law”) and Old Frisian aldafeder (“grandfather”).
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