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< patresfamilias
patriarch >
patri-
or
patr-
pref.
Father, paternal:
patrilineal.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin (from
pater
, patr-
,
father
), and Greek (from
pat
r
, patr-
,
father
); see
p
ter-
in Indo-European roots
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