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pater

noun
/ˈpeɪtɚ/US/ˈpeɪtə/UK

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.

  1. borrowed from pater — “father”

Definitions

  1. Father.

    • Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way He spends the good oof that his pater has made Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.
    • Strangled by the wishes of pater / Hoping for the arms of mater / Get to me the sooner or later

  2. A surname

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pater. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA