paternal
父方の
解説 Definition
家系図の中で父親側に属する親族・血筋を示す意味です。paternal grandfather は「父方の祖父」、paternal lineage は父系で、人物の態度ではなく、相続・家族史・親族紹介などでどちらの側の関係かを区別します。
Paternal means related to a father or to the father's side of a family. It can also describe a way of acting that seems fatherly, protective, or sometimes too controlling. The word is more formal than everyday expressions like 'father's.'
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
この意味では、paternal を「父親らしい」ではなく「父の側に枝分かれした」と読むのがポイントです。paternal grandmother, paternal uncle, paternal ancestry など、親族名や lineage, side, family につくと、父親本人の性格ではなく血縁上の方向を示します。家系図を左右に分け、father's side にある人物へ線を引くイメージで覚えると、態度を表す用法と混同しにくくなります。
Link it to "pater-", the father root also seen in words like "paternity." Paternal often appears before family words such as "paternal grandfather" or "paternal side." Contrast it with "maternal" to keep the family direction clear.
例文
He inherited his paternal grandfather's property and fortune.
彼は父方の祖父の財産と財宝を相続した。
She spent summer holidays at her paternal uncle's house.
彼女は父方の叔父さんの家で夏休みを過ごした。
The paternal lineage of the family was traced back several centuries.
その家族の父系の系統は数世紀前までさかのぼることができた。
paternal の類義語・関連語
paternal の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 paternus「父の」が直接の語源で、そのもとは pater「父」です。形容詞語尾 -al を伴って「父に関する、父方の」となり、家系や態度についても「父親らしい」感じを表します。関連語は paternity、patriarch。
Paternal comes from Latin paternus, meaning "of a father," from pater "father." It entered English as a word for things connected with a father or the father's side of a family. Over time, it also came to describe attitudes seen as father-like. Related words include paternity and patriarch.
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