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adjective belonging to or inherited from one's father
adjective characteristic of a father
adjective relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
originFrom Old French paternal (“of a father”) (12th c.), from Vulgar Latin paternālis (“paternal”), from Latin paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”), from pater (“father”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0