patriline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A line of descent from a male ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are fathers.

patriline patrilines

Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”) + linea (“line”). By surface analysis, patri- + line.

fatherline

matriline

patrilineal patrilineally

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