What does patri- mean? The combining form patri- is used like a prefix meaning “father.” It is often used in a variety of scientific and technical terms, especially in anthropology. Patri- comes from Latin pater, meaning “father.” The Greek cognate, also meaning “father,” is patḗr, which is the source of patriarchy. Find out more at our entry for the word. The “mother” counterpart to patri- is matri-. Check out our Words That Use article for matri- to learn more. What are variants of patri-?When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, patri- becomes the rare form patr-. Want to know more? Check out our Words That Use article for patr-.
Combining form representing Latin pater, Greek patḗr father
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After initially being used as a winger, Lopez is now largely used in a central role for club and country despite competition from the likes of Bonmati, Patri Guijarro and her idol Alexia Putellas.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Descriptions of Patri Guijarro tend to include the phrase "unsung hero" and is it clear why.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025
Based in San Francisco, the organization was founded by Patri Friedman, a Google software engineer and grandson of Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize–winning economist best known for his ideas about the limitations of government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
Barcelona duo Mapi Leon and Patri Guijarro - who were not included in Spain's World Cup squad after signing an open letter against then-coach Vilda - have been named in Tome's side.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2023
There is a Rubric in the Morning Service which prescribes the manner of saying or singing Gloria Patri, viz. that it is to be Responsorial.
From The Prayer Book Explained by Jackson, Percival
Octavian, born at Rome in 938, of the patrician Alberic, and afterwards patri- cian himself in 954, installed in Jan. 956; banished in 963 by the emperor Otho the Great, 963 132.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
The horrors are not blinked at, yet neither is Russian patri- otism ignored.
From The Survivors of the Chancellor by Verne, Jules
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