maternus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to a mother, maternal.
- Related through the mother, or her side of the family.
Etymology
Suffix from Latin māter (mother, in the sense of 'source').
Origin
Latin
māter
Gloss
mother, in the sense of 'source'
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mater English
- matrimony English
- matronymic English
- *matrasta Latin
- *matrastra Latin
- *matrīna Latin
- commater, commātrem, commāter Latin
- commātrem Latin
- matercula Latin
- materia 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
- mater Czech
- marrene Old French
- matriarche Old French
- medre Old French
- matern Catalan, Valencian
- mãy Old Portuguese
- *mātēr Proto-Italic
- mader Lombard