la
/faˈmilja/
Translation
family
Word origin
From Latin familia ('household, the servants of a house and its members'), from famulus ('servant'). The same root gives the English word below.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- familia
- English cognates
- family, familiar
Grammar
Examples
.
The family eats together every Sunday.
, .
For her, family comes first above all else.
.
She comes from a very large family with five siblings.
Sevilla.
My family lives in a village near Seville.
.
I want to start a family before I turn forty.
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