Etymology

père

Today it means: A priest of the Roman Catholic Church, especially a French one. Also used as a title preceding the name of such a priest. Full definition →

French père ← Latin pater
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompater
  2. French · borrowed frompère“father”
  3. English todaypère

Borrowed from French père (“father”), from Latin pater. Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, padre, and pater.

Words from the same roots

Frenchpère all →

pere

Latinpater all →

papapadrepaterpaternosterpatristicspaterfamiliaspatroclinous

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