Grandmother has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
the mother of your father or mother
"My grandmother taught me how to bake cookies when I was a child."
2
A mother of someone's parent.
"My grandmother baked cookies while my mother prepared dinner."
In plain English: A grandmother is your mother's or father's mom, which makes her your grandparent on that side of the family.
"I visited my grandmother for dinner last night."
Example Sentences
"I visited my grandmother for dinner last night."
noun
"My grandmother baked cookies every Sunday afternoon."
noun
"She visited her grandmother for the holidays last week."
noun
"The old house belonged to my maternal grandmother."
noun
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Origin
The word comes from Middle English and is formed by combining "grand-" with "mother." It replaced older terms like "eldmother" to describe a grandmother.