parenthood

Variant of parent

noun

  1. a mother or father
  2. a progenitor or ancestor
  3. any animal, organism, or plant in relation to its offspring
  4. anything from which other things are derived; source; origin

Origin: OFr < L parens, parent, orig. prp. of parere, to beget: see -parous

adjective

  1. ☆ designating a corporation in relation to a subsidiary that it owns and controls
  2. designating anything in relation to something for which it is the source: other books based on this parent work

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to be or act as the parent (of)

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