patriline
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”) + linea (“line”). By surface analysis, patri- + line.
Noun
[edit]patriline (plural patrilines)
- A line of descent from a male ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are fathers.
- Synonym: fatherline
- Antonym: matriline