Short List: Latin Family Words

1. Patriarch – Latin – pater – father
2. Maternity – Latin – mater – mother
3. Filial – Latin – filius, filia – son, daughter
4. Fraternity – Latin – frater – brother
5. Sorority – Latin – soror – sister
6. Nepotism – Latin – nepos, nepotem – grandson, nephew
7. Avuncular – Latin – avunculus (little grandfather) – uncle
8. Puerile – Latin – puer – boy
9. Juvenile – Latin – juvenis – youth, young person
10. Virulent – Latin – vir – man, husband
11. Uxorious – Latin – uxor – wife

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