familia

A group of people related by blood, marriage, adoption, or close kinship; a family.

Etymology

From Latin familia, originally meaning a household or the people belonging to a household.

Collocations

One's children, especially considered as a household or dependents.

Etymology

From Latin familia, originally meaning a household or the people belonging to a household.

Collocations

In biological classification, a taxonomic rank grouping related genera and placed below an order and above a genus.

Etymology

From Latin familia, extended in scientific usage to classify related organisms.

Collocations

A set or group of things that share common features, origin, or structure.

Etymology

From Latin familia, with a figurative extension from related people to related things.

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