Why does the word parent make sense in the term parent function? Please help!!! It will be appreciated

A parent function is the simplest function that still satisfies the definition of a certain type of function. For example, when we think of the linear functions which make up a family of functions, the parent function would be y = x. This is the simplest linear function

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