How to spell grandfather

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What it means: The father of your father or mother.

In a sentence: My grandfather makes the best pancakes.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as grandfarther or grandfater.

Same family: grandmother, grandparents, grandchild, grandson, granddaughter. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "grandfather" combines "grand," meaning large or important, with "father" to show an older generation. English began using "grandfather" in this family sense in the 1400s, following a pattern borrowed from French family terms.

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grandmother · grandma · father · this · grandpa · mother · brother

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