English
pater
Pater comes from Latin pater ‘father’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater‘father’
- Englishearliest quotation 1900same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater‘father’
- Englishearliest quotation 1900same form
Earliest quotation: 1900, Harry B. Norris, Burlington Bertie: “Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay He rents a…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
food, company, pain, feed, pope, apparent, fur, companion, pastor, foster, penetration, fad, forage, pasture, fodder, accompaniment, papal, panini, patrician, fatherly, pav, pantaloons, pannier, 59 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’
through Proto-Italic *patēr ‘father’
through Latin pater ‘father’
pattern, papa, patron, perpetrator, padre, père, patrimony, perpetrate, compere, 19 more
Today it means
noun Father.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr / pater