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eldmother

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Noun — Your grandmother or an earlier female ancestor, or the mother of your husband or wife.

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Came from Middle English eldmoder, from Old English eald mōdor (“grandmother”); equivalent to eld (“old”) + mother. Cognate with Scots eldmoder, eldmother (“mother-in-law”) and Old Frisian aldemōder.

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