Etymology

parental

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Today it means: Of or relating to a parent. Full definition →

Middle French parental ← Latin parentālis
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  1. Latin · derived fromparentālis
  2. Middle French · derived fromparental
  3. English todayparental

From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.