fatherless

Meaning

Adjective

Without a (living) father.
Without a known author or inventor.

Related

Broader meaning words

parentless

Origin

From Middle English faderles, federles, from Old English fæderlēas, from Proto-Germanic *fadērlausaz, equivalent to father + -less. Cognate with German vaterlos.

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