Definition of FAMILIAL

familial

Meanings

Adjective

  • relating to or having the characteristics of a family
    • "children of the same familial background"
    • "familial aggregation"

Adjective Satellite

  • occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
    • "familial traits"

Adj

  • Of or pertaining to a human family.
  • Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of family.
  • Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family.
  • Inherited.

Origin / Etymology

From French familial (“relating to a family; familial”), from Latin familia (“family (in the sense of the slaves working for a household); household”) (from famulus (“servant; slave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-m-eló-, from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, place, put”)) + French -al (adjective-forming suffix) (from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *-li-). By surface analysis, family + -al. Doublet of familiar.

Scrabble Score: 13

familial is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
familial is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
familial is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

familial is a valid Words With Friends word