paternal
adjective/pəˈtɜːnl/
/pəˈtɜːrnl/
- connected with being a father; typical of a kind father
- paternal love
- He gave me a piece of paternal advice.
- Her weakness made him feel very paternal towards her.
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- related through the father’s side of the family
- my paternal grandmother (= my father’s mother)
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin paternalis, from Latin paternus ‘fatherly, belonging to a father’, from pater ‘father’.
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