father-in-law
English
noun
Definitions
- One's spouse's father.
- (dated) A stepfather.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fader in lawe suffix from English father.
Origin
English
father
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Church Father English
- allofather English
- babyfather English
- biofather English
- birthfather English
- co-father English
- co-father-in-law English
- elderfather English
- eldfather English
- father English
- father tongue English
- father-out-law English
- father-slayer English
- father-to-be English
- fatherdom English
- fathered English
- fatherer English
- fatherese English
- fatherfucker English
- fatherhood English
- fatherkin English
- fatherkins English
- fatherland English
- fatherless English
- fatherlike English
- fatherling English
- fatherly English
- fatherness English
- fathership English
- forefather English
- forthfather English
- godfather English
- grandfather English
- highfather English
- housefather English
- lorefather English
- merfather English
- motherfather English
- nonfather English
- shriftfather English
- stepfather English
- stepfather-in-law English
- unfather English
- Vater German
- fader Middle English
- fader in lawe Middle English
- bata Marshallese
- fada Nigerian Pidgin
- father
- fathered
- fatherly
- fatherer
- unfather
- fatherkin
- fatherdom
- fatherese
- biofather
- nonfather
- godfather
- merfather
- eldfather
- co-father
- allofather
- fatherland
- fathership
- babyfather
- fatherless
- lorefather
- fatherkins
- fatherlike
- highfather
- stepfather
- fatherness
- fatherling
- forefather
- fatherhood
- elderfather
- grandfather
- housefather
- forthfather
- birthfather
- shriftfather
- father-to-be
- fatherfucker
- motherfather
- father-slayer
- Church Father
- father tongue
- father-out-law
- co-father-in-law
- stepfather-in-law