grandfather

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A father of someone's parent.
2. A male forefather.
3. The archived older version of a file that immediately preceded the father file.

Verb

To be, or act as, a grandfather to.

Verb

To retain discontinued laws or rules for (an object, individual or organization previously affected by them).

Concepten

grootvader

opa

bompa

opoe

voorvader

Met koppelteken als

grand‧fa‧ther

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑːðə(r)/

Etymologie (Engels)

The noun is derived from Middle English grandfadre, graundfadir, graunfadir, grauntfader, and other forms, from graunt (“big, large; great, important”) + fā̆der (“male parent, father; remoter male ancestor”), probably modelled after Middle French grandpere, grant pere (“male parent; remoter male ancestor”) (whence French grand-père); the English word is analysable as grand- + father. Superseded earlier eldfather, elderfather.
The verb is derived from the noun.

Zinnen

His grandfather is British .

Zijn grootvader is Brits.