Etymology of the English word paterfamilias
the English word
paterfamiliasderived from the Latin word
paterfamiliasderived from the Late Latin word
pater (father)
derived from the Greek word
pater, πατήρ (father; a 'father' (literally or figuratively, near or more remote))
using the Proto-Indo-European prefix
pəter- (father)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
