Etymograph

English

fatherdom

From father + -dom.

Formed from father + -dom

Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr

Proto-Germanic *fadēr

Proto-West Germanic *fader

Old English fæder

Middle English fader ‘a father’

English father

Today it means

noun The state of being a father; fatherhood.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fatherdom