family (group of people related to each other); family (grouping of things possessing common characteristics); relative, relation (member of one's family)
“El joven venezolano David Josué García Chirino, de 18 años, compartió a Efe su deseo de poder estudiar en el país norteamericano, traer a su familia y ofrecerle una vida diferente.”
Synonyms: familiar, pariente
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-mo- Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁melós Proto-Italic *θamelos Proto-Italic *famelos Proto-Italic *fameliā Latin familialbor. Old Spanish familia Spanish familia Inherited from Old Spanish familia, a learned borrowing from Latin familia (“slave staff of a household”).