ETYM Gael. clann offspring, descendants; akin to Irish clann, cland, offspring, tribe, family; perh. from Latin plania scion, slip, cutting. Related to Plant.
1. A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname.
2. A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
Social grouping based on kinship. Some traditional societies are organized by clans, which are either matrilineal or patrilineal, and whose members must marry into another clan in order to avoid in-breeding.
Familiar examples are the Highland clans of Scotland. Theoretically each clan is descended from a single ancestor from whom the name is derived—for example, clan MacGregor (“son of Gregor”). + prikaži više

ETYM Latin familia, from famulus servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dhâman house, from dhâto set, make, do: cf. French famille. Related to Do, Doom, Fact, Feat.
Group of people related to each other by blood or by marriage. Families are usually described as either “extended” (a large group of relations living together or in close contact with each other) or “nuclear” (a family consisting of two parents and their children).
In some societies an extended family consists of a large group of people of different generations closely or distantly related, depending on each other for economic support and security. In other societies the extended family is split into small units, with members living alone or in nuclear families.
The “one-parent” family has recently emerged in the West following the divorce or separation of parents or as a result of a child born to a single woman.In biological classification, a group of related genera (see genus). Family names are not printed in italic (unlike genus and species names), and by convention they all have the ending -idae (animals) or -aceae (plants and fungi). For example, the genera of hummingbirds are grouped in the hummingbird family, Trochilidae. Related families are grouped together in an order.1. Primary social group; parents and children; SYN. family unit.
2. People descended from a common ancestor; SYN. family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry.
3. A social unit living together; SYN. household, house, home, menage.
4. An association of people who share common beliefs or activities; SYN. fellowship.
5. (Biology) A taxonomic group containing one or more genera. + prikaži više

1. A person having kinship with another or others; SYN. kinsperson, family.
2. Group of people related by blood or marriage; SYN. kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe.

ETYM Latin tribus, originally, a third part of the Roman people, afterwards, a division of the people, a tribe; of uncertain origin: cf. French tribu.
1. A social division of (usually preliterate) people; SYN. folk.
2. A federation (as of American Indians); SYN. federation of tribes.
3. (Biology) A taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily. + prikaži više