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FAMILY

This article appears in Volume V10, Page 159 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: EUD-FAT

FAMILY , a word of which the

etymology

ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvľos, true, and X6yos, "
account
- ACCOUNT
- ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)
)

but partially illustrates the meaning. The

Roman

ROMAN

familia, derived from the Oscan famel (serous), originally signified the servile

property

PROPERTY

, the thralls, of a

master

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English
form
- FORM (Lat. forma)
is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

. Next, the

term

TERM

denoted other domestic

property

PROPERTY

, in things as well as in persons. Thus, in the fifth of the

laws

LAWS

of the Twelve Tables, the rules are laid down: sI INTESTATO MORITUR CUI SUUS HERES NEC SIT ADGNATUS

FAMA

FAMA (Gr. cI i.a1, "Ovoa)

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