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means An informal, affectionate name for one's grandfather — the father of your mother or father.

from A homely contraction of 'grandpapa,' which itself stretches 'grand' (from Old French grant, 'big, great') onto 'papa,' a baby's instinctive babble for father echoed in languages worldwide. 'Grand' here means not large but a generation removed — the same logic that gives us 'grandmother' and 'grandchild,' borrowed from French grand-père. The clipped, cozy 'grandpa' surfaced as everyday English warmed up these formal terms into something a small child could shout across a room.