Hypernym

• ANCESTORRELATIVE of PAST GENERATION whose DESCENDANT one is. 
  • RELATIVESHUMANS who HAVE COMMON ANCESTORS.
    • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
      • ANIMALCREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE....

Modern Chinese Criteria

• Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

  avus 'grandfather' [m. o] (P1.+)

  Derivatives: avunculus 'maternal uncle' (P1.+); avia 'grandmother' (P1.+); avitus

  'belonging to a grandfather, ancestral' (Cic.+).