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Compare Latin pater (“father”), English matrescence (“becoming a mother”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
patrescence
Today it means: The process of becoming (and coming to inhabit the role of) a father. Full definition →
Today it means: The process of becoming (and coming to inhabit the role of) a father. Full definition →
Compare Latin pater (“father”), English matrescence (“becoming a mother”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.