patrilineal (adj.)

of lineage, kinship, etc., "traced through or descended from the father," 1904, from patri- + lineal.

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word-forming element used in terms describing kinship of the father or the paternal line, from Latin patri-, combining form of pater (see father (n.)).

lineal (adj.)

late 14c., "resembling a line," from Old French lineal "pertaining to a line" (14c.), from Late Latin linealis "pertaining to a line," from linea "a string, line, thread" (see line (n.)). Compare linear. Related: Lineally.

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patrilineal (adj.)

based on or tracing descent through the male line;

a patrilineal society

Synonyms: patrilinear

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