late Old English gretnys "thickness, coarseness, stoutness;" see great + -ness. Meaning "eminence" is early 14c.
greatest
great-grandfather
great-grandmother
great-hearted
greatly
greatness
great-uncle
greave
greaves
grebe
Grecian
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