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sionnach commented on the word tritavia
Six generations back up the family tree; your grandmother's grandmother's grandmother.
February 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the word tritavia
Amazing! Do you know, sionnach, whether a similar word exists for your grandfather's grandfather's grandfather? Or were you just using the "grandmother" line as an example?
February 22, 2007
sionnach commented on the word tritavia
tritavus would be the term for the great-granddaddy of your great-granddaddy. If you google on the term stirps romana, high on the results list there should be a pdf file, which is a goldmine for words like this. Although it lays out the latin terms for various relatives, a surprising number appear to have made it into English, relatively unscathed, via the legal system. If nothing else, it provides a list of potential English words, which can be further checked using other sources. (Warning - this can be a timesuck. But you already knew that :-> )
February 23, 2007
reesetee commented on the word tritavia
Whyever would I want to get involved in a timesuck? ;-)
Thanks for the information--it's a fascinating document (and now I see where avuncular comes from too). Should have guessed that these are drawn from the law.
February 23, 2007