paterfamilias
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See also: pater familias
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From around 1425 to 1475 from late Middle English which itself came from the Latin term with the same meaning. From the Latin term pater ("father") + familiās, an archaic genitive of familia ("family", "household"). Literally meaning "father of the family" or "father of the household". Compare the English word family.
Noun[edit]
paterfamilias (plural paterfamiliases or patresfamilias)
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of "a woman who is the head of a household"): materfamilias
Translations[edit]
a man who is the head of a household
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Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
paterfamilias m (plural paterfamilias)
Further reading[edit]
- “paterfamilias”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Family
- en:Leaders
- en:Male people
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns