pater-, patri-, patro-, patr-, -patria

1. Looking more like one’s father than one’s mother.
2. Having physical characteristics inherited from the father.
3. Character inherited from the father.

A genealogy of the Fathers (of the Christian Church).

Sexual love of a daughter for her father.

Worship of, or excessive reverence for, the fathers of the Roman Catholic Church.

The study of the writings of the Fathers (of the Church), patristics; a treatise on these writings.

1. Father in the the senses of protector and defender of his clients (viz. of individuals, of cities, or provinces); also, the former master of a freedman or freedwoman; an advocate or defender before a court of justice, or, generally, of any person or cause.
2. In Middle Latin, it acquired the senses of patron saint, patron or advowee (advocatus) of a church, and that of lord or master, in many specific connexions; also that of exemplar, pattern.
3. Most of these senses are represented in English patron, but the order in which they were taken into English does not correspond to that of their appearance in the Latin and Romanic sense.
4. A person of distinction who gave his protection and aid to a client in return for certain services.
5. Someone who gives money or other support to someone or something; especially in the arts.

1. The action of a patron in giving influential support, favor, encouragement, or countenance, to a person, institution, work, art, etc. Originally it implied the action of a superior.
2. The appointments or privileges that a politician can give to loyal supporters.

1. The female form of patron.
2. A woman who supports, protects, or champions someone or something, such as an institution, an event, or a cause; a sponsor or benefactor.
3. A woman who possesses the right to grant an ecclesiastical benefice to a member of the clergy.
4. A female patron saint.

1. To treat someone as if he or she were less intelligent or knowledgeable than yourself.
2. To be a regular customer of a particular store or business.
3. To give money or other material support to someone or something, especially in the arts.

The study of the origin of personal names; especially, from the father.

A description of a name derived from a male (father) ancestor’s name; especially, one that adds a prefix, e.g., "Mac-", or a suffix, e.g., "-son" to the earlier name.

Another example is the Russian "-vich" which is attached to Ivan and so becomes “Ivanovich” (son of Ivan).