patriline
English
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, from pater (“father”) + linea (“line”). Also patri- + line
Noun
patriline (plural patrilines)
- A line of descent from a male ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are fathers.