English Explanatory Dictionary

eldfather

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One's grandfather or forefather.
  2. One's father-in-law.

Word forms

eldfather eldfathers

Etymology

From Middle English eldfader, variant of olde fader, from Old English eald fæder (“grandfather, ancestor”), equivalent to eld (“old”) + father. Cognate with Scots eldfader (“grandfather, father-in-law”), Old Frisian aldafeder (“grandfather”).

Related words

elderfather eldmother
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