paterfamilias
See also: pater familias
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From around 1425 to 1475 from late Middle English which itself came from the Latin term with the same meaning. From the Latin term pater ("father") + familiās, an archaic genitive of familia ("family", "household"). Literally meaning "father of the family" or "father of the household". Compare the English word family.
Noun
paterfamilias (plural paterfamiliases or patresfamilias)
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “a woman who is the head of a household”): materfamilias
Translations
a man who is the head of a household
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Spanish
Further reading
- “paterfamilias”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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