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Word for the Wise: Father’s words
On the Friday before Father’s Day, we look at matters paternal. The adjective paternal was born of pater (Latin for “father”) in the 15th century. The English Pater itself dates back to the 14th century, when it was borrowed into our language as a shortening of the Latin paternoster (literally, “Our Father”). Pater can still [...]
