Proto-Italic

*patēr

‘father’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *patēr.

29 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *patēr, most familiar first.

• pattern ← patron ← patron ← patrōnus ← pater
• papa ← pater
• patron ← patroun ← patrōnus ← pater
• perpetrator ← perpetrō ← patrō ← pater
• paternal ← paternālis ← paternus ← pater
• paternity ← paternité ← paternitās ← paternus ← pater
• padre ← pater
• pater
• patrimony ← patrimoine ← patrimōnium ← pater
• perpetrate ← perpetrat ← perpetrātus ← perpetrō ← patrō
• père ← pater
• patroness ← patronesse ← patronissa ← patrōnus ← pater

More words from *patēr

• compere
• compadre
• padrone
• patroon
• patristics
• patronal
• patriciate
• compeer
• compaternity
• goombah
• impetrate
• impetrable
• impetration
• patronate
• patrao
• patroclinous
• perpetratrix

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *patēr