You searched for: “parent
parent
1. A father or a mother.
2. An ancestor, precursor, or progenitor.
3. A source, origin, or cause.
4. In biology, any organism that produces or generates another organism.
5. Being the original source; such as, a parent organization.
6. Etymology: from French parent (11th century), which came from Latin parentem, "father" or "mother, ancestor"; from the noun form of the Latin verb parere, "to bring forth, to give birth to, to produce".
This entry is located in the following unit: para-, par-, -parous, -partum (page 4)
Word Entries containing the term: “parent
biological parent, birth parent
A parent who has conceived (biological mother) or sired (biological father) rather than adopted a child and whose genes are therefore transmitted to the child.
single-parent family (s) (noun), single-parent families (pl)
A mother or a father who lives together in a household with his or her offspring: A single-parent family consists of only one of the parents who is living with a child or children.
This entry is located in the following unit: famil- (page 2)