How to spell father

Father is spelled F-A-T-H-E-R.

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What it means: A male parent or guardian.

In a sentence: My father makes the best pancakes for breakfast.

Same family: Father (title), fatherhood, fatherly, grandfather, stepfather. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “father” comes from Old English “fæder,” which is related to Latin “pater” and Greek “patēr.” This ancient family of words is also where we get titles like “patriarch” and “paternal.”

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