grandman.

Brit.

/ˈɡran(d)mɑː/, U.S.

/ˈɡræn(d)ˌmɑ/,

/ˈɡræ(m)ˌmɑ/

Forms: 1700s– grandma, 1700s– granma, 1800s– gramma; U.S. regional 1900s– grammaw, 1900s– grandmar, 1900s– grandmaw, 1900s– granmaw, 1900s– grumma. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grand- comb. form, ma n.³

Etymology: < grand- comb. form + ma n.³, after grandmother n. Compare grandmama n., grandmammy n., and also granny n., gran n.², grammy n.¹, gram n.⁵, grams n.

colloquial.

One's grandmother. Also used as a familiar form of address to one's grandmother or to an elderly woman. Also used before a person's surname (or occasionally their forename).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother

eldmotherc1000

grandamc1225

good-dame1400

grandmother1424

beldamc1440

lucky1629

granny1659

grandmama1694

lucky minnie1755

grandma1772

grandmammy1789

gran1829

babushka1834

abuela1836

grandmom1860

grandmum1861

grammy1886

dadi1888

minnie1888

grams1893

bubbe1895

nana1899

gram1923

nanny1927

lola1934

abuelita1937

oma1948

nain1954

nan1955

makulu1980

omi1988

1772 B. Franklin Let. 5 May in Papers (1975) XIX. 131 Billy Hewson..comes to see his Gran-ma.

?1785 D. Kilner Rotchfords I. 127 Your grandpa and grandma will be frightened.

1825 A. Selwyn Montague Park xiii. 156 I thought Miss Jane and Emma..would run away and leave me like granma did.

1855 J. Fiske Let. 26 Apr. (1940) 7 Monday Grandma Lewis came up to my room.

1867 W. James Let. 26 Sept. (1920) I. 105 I remember days passed in Grandma's old house in Albany.

1871 L. M. Alcott Little Men iii. 33 Mrs. Bhaer with Daisy and her own two boys drove into town, to pay the weekly visit to Grandma.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 580 To make grim grandma grunt and grin again.

1958 P. Roberts Cornflakes & Beaujolais iii. 17 Grandma got up at three, fixed us our breakfast, and saw us off at four.

1976 J. Rosenthal Bar Mitzvah Boy in Bar Mitzvah Boy & Other Television Plays (1987) 69 First Kid [calling]: can we have our ball back, missus? [Pause] Oy! Grandma! Cloth-ears!

1989 F. L. Block Weetzie Bat 6 Grandma Fifi was a sweet, powdery old lady.

2013 E. Huang Fresh off Boat i. 10 My grandma was pregnant with my mother at the time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	grandma
释义	grandman. Brit. /ˈɡran(d)mɑː/, U.S. /ˈɡræn(d)ˌmɑ/, /ˈɡræ(m)ˌmɑ/ Forms: 1700s– grandma, 1700s– granma, 1800s– gramma; U.S. regional 1900s– grammaw, 1900s– grandmar, 1900s– grandmaw, 1900s– granmaw, 1900s– grumma. Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grand- comb. form, ma n.³ Etymology: < grand- comb. form + ma n.³, after grandmother n. Compare grandmama n., grandmammy n., and also granny n., gran n.², grammy n.¹, gram n.⁵, grams n. colloquial. One's grandmother. Also used as a familiar form of address to one's grandmother or to an elderly woman. Also used before a person's surname (or occasionally their forename). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother eldmotherc1000 grandamc1225 good-dame1400 grandmother1424 beldamc1440 lucky1629 granny1659 grandmama1694 lucky minnie1755 grandma1772 grandmammy1789 gran1829 babushka1834 abuela1836 grandmom1860 grandmum1861 grammy1886 dadi1888 minnie1888 grams1893 bubbe1895 nana1899 gram1923 nanny1927 lola1934 abuelita1937 oma1948 nain1954 nan1955 makulu1980 omi1988 1772 B. Franklin Let. 5 May in Papers (1975) XIX. 131 Billy Hewson..comes to see his Gran-ma. ?1785 D. Kilner Rotchfords I. 127 Your grandpa and grandma will be frightened. 1825 A. Selwyn Montague Park xiii. 156 I thought Miss Jane and Emma..would run away and leave me like granma did. 1855 J. Fiske Let. 26 Apr. (1940) 7 Monday Grandma Lewis came up to my room. 1867 W. James Let. 26 Sept. (1920) I. 105 I remember days passed in Grandma's old house in Albany. 1871 L. M. Alcott Little Men iii. 33 Mrs. Bhaer with Daisy and her own two boys drove into town, to pay the weekly visit to Grandma. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 580 To make grim grandma grunt and grin again. 1958 P. Roberts Cornflakes & Beaujolais iii. 17 Grandma got up at three, fixed us our breakfast, and saw us off at four. 1976 J. Rosenthal Bar Mitzvah Boy in Bar Mitzvah Boy & Other Television Plays (1987) 69 First Kid [calling]: can we have our ball back, missus? [Pause] Oy! Grandma! Cloth-ears! 1989 F. L. Block Weetzie Bat 6 Grandma Fifi was a sweet, powdery old lady. 2013 E. Huang Fresh off Boat i. 10 My grandma was pregnant with my mother at the time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1772
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