pater

Meanings

Plural: paters

Noun

an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
Father.

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr?
Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr
Proto-Italic *patēr
Latin paterbor.
English pater
Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”). Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, padre, and père.

Scrabble Score: 7

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

Words With Friends Score: 8

pater is a valid Words With Friends word