p 3 a 1 t 1 e 1 r 1
5 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Italic *patēr Latin paterbor. English pater Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”). Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, padre, and père.
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