English Explanatory Dictionary

pater

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Father.
name
  1. A surname

Pronunciation

/ˈpeɪtɚ/ /ˈpeɪtə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pater.wav

Word forms

pater paters

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Italic *patēr Latin paterbor. English pater Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”). Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, padre, and père.

Related words

pater cove pater familias paternal paternity patriarch patricide patrifocality patriline patrilineage patrilineal patrilinear patrilocality patrimony patripotestal mater padre patrician

Derived words

Paterian
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