mater
English
/ˈmeɪtə/, /ˈmeɪtɚ/, /ˈmeɪtə/, /ˈmeɪtɚ/, /ˈmeɪtɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (British) Mother.
- (anatomy) A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin māter (mother, in the sense of 'source') inherited from Middle English matere.
Origin
Middle English
matere
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- matrimony English
- matronymic English
- matter English
- *matrasta Latin
- *matrastra Latin
- *matrīna Latin
- commater, commātrem, commāter Latin
- commātrem Latin
- matercula Latin
- materia Latin
- maternus Latin
- matralis Latin
- matresco Latin
- matricida Latin
- matricidium Latin
- matrimonium Latin
- māter Latin
- māternus Latin
- mate Italian
- matrigna Italian
- madre Spanish, Castilian
- -άρχης Ancient Greek
- *méh₂tēr Proto-Indo-European
- matere Middle English
- material Middle English
- mater Czech
- marrene Old French
- matriarche Old French
- medre Old French
- mãy Old Portuguese
- *mātēr Proto-Italic
- matere xno
- mader Lombard