bisabuela

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish bis-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os

Latin avus

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ ~ *-yeh₂

Latin avia

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin -ola

Late Latin aviola

Spanish abuela

Spanish bisabuela

From bis- + abuela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bisaˈbwela/ [bi.saˈβ̞we.la]

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: bi‧sa‧bue‧la

Noun

bisabuela f (plural bisabuelas, masculine bisabuelo, masculine plural bisabuelos)

1. great-grandmother (female equivalent of bisabuelo)

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: bisawela

Further reading

• “bisabuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025