families

fam-i-lies · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Plural of "family": groups of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption.

  2. 2.

    Households living together.

  3. 3.

    Groups of related things or organisms.

  4. 4.

    Groups unified by common characteristics, interests, or affiliations.

Related words

See also: family, household, kin, relatives
Synonyms: clans, households, kin, relatives

Etymology

From Latin familia meaning "family servants, domestics collectively, the servants in a household," from famulus meaning "servant, slave."