grandam


gran·dam

G0221600 (grăn′dăm′, -dəm)n.1. The female grandparent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal such as a horse.2. also gran·dame (-dām′, -däm, -dəm) Archaic a. The mother of one's father or mother; a grandmother.b. An old woman.
[Middle English grandame, from Old French dame-grant : dame, lady; see dame + grand, grant, great; see grand.]

grandam

(ˈɡrændəm; -dæm) or

grandame

n an archaic word for grandmother[C13: from Anglo-French grandame, from Old French grand- + dame lady, mother]

gran•dam

(ˈgræn dəm, -dæm)

also gran•dame

(-deɪm, -dəm)

n. 1. grandmother. 2. an old woman. [1175–1225; Middle English gra(u)ndame < Old French grant dame. See grand, dame]