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Paternal

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means relating to a father, or characteristic of a father's care
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Stage 1 of 2
paternus
Latin · ancient
"relating to a father"
relating to a father, from pater (father)
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Stage 2 of 2
paternal
English · 1400s
"relating to a father, or fatherly"
settled as the English word for relating to a father
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