motherly

English

/ˈmʌðəli/, /ˈmʌðɚli/

adj

Definitions

Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English moderly inherited from Old English mōdorlīċ (maternal, motherly) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (maternal, motherly) suffix from English mother (fermented culture).

Origin

English

mother

Gloss

fermented culture

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

allomother English
antimother English
babymother English
beemother English
biomother English
birthmother English
co-mother English
den mother English
eldermother English
eldmother English
foremother English
godmother English
grandmother English
housemother English
mermother English
mismother English
mother English
mother-in-law English
mother-out-law English
mother-to-be English
motherboard English
motherchucker English
mothercraft English
motherdom English
mothered English
motherer English
motherese English
motherfather English
motherfouler English
motherfucker English
motherfucking English
motherful English
motherhood English
motherhouse English
motherhumper English
motherish English
motherism English
motherist English
motherkin English
motherkins English
motherland English
motherless English
motherlike English
motherliness English
motherling English
motherlove English
motherlover English
motherloving English
motherment English
motherness English
motherwort English
mothery English
nonmother English
othermother English
overmother English
stepmother English
unmother English
unmotherliness English
unmotherly English
*mōdērlīkaz Proto-Germanic
modorlic Old English
mōdorlīċ Old English
moder Middle English
moderly Middle English
motha Kriol