Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class I. Words Expressing Abstract RelationsSection VIII. Causation
3. Power in Operation
166. Paternity.
PARENT, father, sire, dad, papa, governor [slang], pater [colloq.], daddy [colloq.], paterfamilias, abba; genitor [rare], progenitor, procreator, begetter; ancestor; grandsire, grandfather; great-grandfather; fathership, fatherhood; mabap [Hind.].
MOTHERHOOD, maternity, motherhead [rare], mothership; mother, dam, mamma or mama, mammy, mam [colloq.], motherkin, matriarch, materfamilias; grandmother.
STEM, trunk, tree, stock, stirps, pedigree, house, lineage, line, family, tribe, sept, race, clan; genealogy, family tree, descent, extraction, birth, ancestry; forefathers, forbears, patriarchs.