godfader
Middle English
/ˈɡɔdfadər/
noun
Definitions
- godfather
Etymology
Inherited from Old English godfæder (godfather) affix from Middle English god + Middle English fader (father).
Origin
Middle English
fader
Gloss
father
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
父
Emoji
🎅
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- father English
- god English
- godfather English
- godfatherhood English
- godfatherism English
- godfatherless English
- godfatherlike English
- godfatherly English
- peetvader Dutch, Flemish
- fæder Old English
- god Old English
- godfæder Old English
- fader Middle English
- faderes Middle English
- faderhode Middle English
- faderles Middle English
- faders Middle English
- fadres Middle English
- god Middle English
- goddes Middle English
- godmoder Middle English
- godsib Middle English
- lorfadyr Middle English
- faither Scots
- vather Yola