Etymology of the English word father
the English word
fatherusing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
derived from the English word
fadederived from the Old French word
faderderived from the Old French word
fadederived from the Vulgar Latin word
fatidusderived from the Latin word
fatuus (fool; foolish, silly; idiotic)
using the Proto-Indo-European prefix
pəter- (father)
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*faderDerivations in English
fatherland,
unfathered,
grandfather,
fatherless,
fatherly,
forefather,
stepfather,
fathered,
fatheringCognates
Catalan
pare, Dutch
vader, French
père, German
Vater, Icelandic
fadir, Italian
padre, Spanish
padre, Swedish
faderUsage
Word found in Modern English
