Quizlet Pater/Patris

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  1. forbear: to keep from doing something by using patience
  2. histrionic: overly dramatic
  3. milieu: your environment or your surroundings
  4. pater/patris: father
  5. patriarch (def): chief father of a family or of a society
  6. patriarch (der): archos - chief
  7. patrician: nobly born person; descendant of the founding fathers of Rome
  8. patrimony (def): a condition or inheritance from a father, usually money or land
  9. patrimony (der): monia - condition
  10. patriotism: love for the fatherland
  11. patron: one who acts like a father toward another, usually by giving financial support as a father would
  12. patronize: (1) to give your financial support to something (2) to talk down to someone
  13. patronymic (def): a father's name adapted and given to his children. Example: Ireland: Brian's son was John O'Brian; Sweden: Peter's son was John Peterson; Scotland: Donald's son was John MacDonald
  14. patronymic (der): onyma - name