If paternal is "relating to someone's parents", and fraternal "relating to someone's brothers", is there, or why isn't there, a word for "relating to someone's sons", i.e: sunternal Sentence example: "sunternal love"
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15I thought paternal was "relating to someone's father" and maternal was "relating to someone's mother". As far as I know, there is no gender neutral term (yet)– Michael J.Jul 3, 2019 at 12:45
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20@MichaelJ. the gender neutral term could be "parental"– equesJul 3, 2019 at 12:51
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There is filial, from Latin filius "son" and filia "daughter". So filial love should work in most contexts.
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6Only thing is that there is no distinction if it is sons or daughters if is of importance. Jul 3, 2019 at 8:49
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5I'll have to file this away for the next time I meet somebody claiming that the English language is intrinsically sexist! (Although we do have "daughterly", but no such word I can think of for a son -- not sure what that implies, apart from the expected lack of regulatity in English).– nigel222Jul 3, 2019 at 9:37
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12For what it's worth, filial piety is a common term in anthropology and cultural studies. Jul 3, 2019 at 14:16