Unit 5: Father, Mother, Birth PATR = Father MATR = Mother GEN = Birth, Origin
patriotism noun love and loyalty one feels for his country
Expatriate noun a person who is forced to leave his country as a punishment or by choice
Genesis noun the origin or beginning of something
Patriarch noun the male head of a family
Matriarch noun the female head of a family
Gender noun a person’s sex, as in male or female
Maternity noun the quality or state of being a mother
Patrician noun a person of high birth or position
Matron noun a usually mature, dignified older married woman
Matrimony noun the union of man and woman as husband and wife