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Latin
Etymology
From paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”) + -ālis, from pater (“father”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
paternālis (neuter paternāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) Of or pertaining to a father, paternal.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Synonyms
- (of or pertaining to a father): paternus
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Descendants
References
- paternalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- paternalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- paternalis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016