paterfamilias

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
23
Letters
13

Definition of paterfamilias

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.

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Etymology

(c. 1425 to 1475) From late Middle English paterfamilias, from Latin pater familiās. From Latin pater (“father”) + familiās, archaic genitive of familia (“family; household”). Literally, "father of the family" or "father of the household".

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