patriline

Meanings

Plural: patrilines

Noun

A line of descent from a male ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are fathers.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”) + linea (“line”). By surface analysis, patri- + line.

Synonyms

fatherline

Antonyms

matriline

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