PATERNAL


Meaning of PATERNAL in English

■ adjective

1》 of or appropriate to a father.

2》 related through the father: his ~ grandfather.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

Origin

ME: from late L. ~is , from L. paternus , from pater 'father'.

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