Etymology

agnatic

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Today it means: of the male bloodline; patrilineal Full definition →

French agnatique ← Latin agnātus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromagnātus“paternal kinsman”
  2. French · borrowed fromagnatique
  3. English todayagnatic

From French agnatique, from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”). Equivalent to agnate + -ic.

Words from the same roots

Latinagnātus all →

agnate

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