English
padre
Padre may come from Italian padre ‘father’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂-1‘to protect, to ward’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr1‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr1‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater2‘father’
- Italianc. 1300–presentpadre2‘father’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1979padre2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin pater
- 2 Wiktionary, English padre
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1979, James Wakefield Burke, A Forgotten Glory: the Missions of Old Texas: “The Zuma and Manzo Indians of the area were…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂-Wiktionary, Latin pater‘to protect, to ward’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗrWiktionary, Latin pater‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patērWiktionary, Latin pater‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpaterWiktionary, English padre‘father’
- Italianc. 1300–presentpadreWiktionary, English padre‘father’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1979padreWiktionary, English padre. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1979, James Wakefield Burke, A Forgotten Glory: the Missions of Old Texas: “The Zuma and Manzo Indians of the area were…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
food, company, pain, feed, pope, foster, fur, companion, apparent, pastor, penetration, fodder, forage, accompaniment, papal, pasture, fad, fatherly, patrician, panini, pav, pantaloons, pannier, 56 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’
through Proto-Italic *patēr ‘father’
through Latin pater ‘father’
pattern, papa, patron, perpetrator, paternal, paternity, perpetrate, patrimony, pater, compere, 17 more
Today it means
noun A military clergyman.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “padre”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin pater. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- / padre