Patriline

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A line of descent from a male ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are fathers.

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fatherlinepatrilineal lineage

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”) + linea (“line”). By surface analysis, patri- + line.

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