paternal
adjEtymology
From Old French paternal (“of a father”) (12th c.), from Vulgar Latin paternālis (“paternal”), from Latin paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”), from pater (“father”).
- derived from paternus
- derived from paternālis
- derived from paternal
Definitions
Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
- paternal grandfather
- It was with a natural touch of pride that Norbourne Courtenaye paced his paternal hall, while waiting for his uncle, with whom he was going to ride.
- The eldest son was usually given the name of his paternal grandfather, later children those of other relatives.
A person related through the father, or his side of the family
A person related through the father, or his side of the family; a paternal relative.
The neighborhood
Derived
allopaternal, antipaternal, bipaternal, grandpaternal, heteropaternal, homopaternal, monopaternal, nonpaternal, paternal aunt, paternal cousin, paternal custody, paternal grandchild, paternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, paternal half aunt, paternal half-uncle, paternalise, paternalism, paternalist, paternalistic, paternalization, paternalize, paternally, paternalness, paternal orphan, paternal uncle, unpaternal
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for paternal. 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