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abavus

[ˈa.ba.wʊs]

noun

LanguageLatin

Meaning
  1. a great-great-grandfather
  2. great-great-grandfather
  3. The father of one's great-grandfather or great-grandmother.
Examples

Abavus dicitur, quia abest ab avo, & est avus avi

Great-great-grandfather he's called, for he's distant from the grandfather & is the grandfather of the grandfather.

Pronunciationˈa.ba.wʊs

Part of speechnoun

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.