Daily Ancestorpronepos
Pronepos is Latin for a great-grandson or great-grandchild, the grandson of one's son or daughter.
Pronepos means great-grandson or great-grandchild. It is built from nepos, grandson or nephew, with pro- adding one more generation.
It can turn up where a line of descent is spelled out, as in a will or a pedigree. Nepos alone can mean grandson or nephew, so check whether pro- is there before you place someone in the tree.
As seen in a recordLatin will, Austria, 1770s
Testamentum: lego pronepoti meo Joanni decem florenos
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Daily Ancestor. "pronepos." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/latin/pronepos. Last checked 2026-10-10.