paternal
Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
Example
“paternal grandfather”
Other meanings
Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
Received or inherited from one's father.
Word history
From Latin "paternus" (of or pertaining to a father, paternal).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “paternal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.