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~ FATHER  lat PATER = MALE PARENT
          FATHERS ARE PATERNAL   sug> PATERNALISM     
  note    PATRIARCH as in 
          PASTOR    or
          PARSON    or
  gr      PATER   = FATHER     sug> PETER
  lat     PATER     FATHER     sug> PATRICK
  sp      PADRE     FATHER or PRIEST
          PAPA      FATHER or POPE 
                    PAPATO     sug> FOOD
          PAPILLA   MASHED FOOD
  ukr     TATO      FATHER akin to 
  lat     TATA      nursery word for FATHER as in
  Quechua TATA      FATHER
  note LACK OF PARTICULAR REASONS WHY VERY DIVERSE
       CULTURES ADOPT MAMA MAMMA  PAPA  TATA  TATO  except
  that BABIES START VOCALIZATIONS WITH LABIAL SOUNDS 
  however F and T SOUNDS are not among the easiest
  lit+ " A COMMUNITY WITHOUT FATHERS    sug> BASTARD
         ASKS FOR AND GETS CHAOS "      sug> VIOLENCE
  attr to Senator P MOYNIHAN [#]        sug> DIVORCE
  note   ongoing "SEXUAL LIBERATION" and acceptance of
         SINGLE PARENT "FAMILIES"                
  ply> | FEMINISM may have 
         DEPRECIATED PATERNALISM and perhaps 
         UNWITTINGLY also DEVALUED
         MOTHERHOOD  MATERNALISM and PARENTHOOD |
  ply> | FATHERS PROVIDE A FUTURE or FATUM    FATHERLAND  
  see> PATRIOT  
  see> PATRON  
  see> POPE

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