The story
- Latin · derived frompater“father”
- Medieval Latin · learned borrowing frompatristica
- English todaypatristics
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin patristica, from Latin pater (“father”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpater all →
papapadrepaterpaternosterpaterfamiliaspatroclinouspère
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.