Etymology

mater

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Latin māter ← Middle English matere
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mater · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited frommatere
  2. Latin · borrowed frommāter“mother”
  3. English todaymater

From Latin māter (“mother”), partly via Late Middle English matere. Doublet of mata and mother. Ancestor of matrix.

mater · noun2

From mate + -er.

mater · noun3

See 'mater.

Words from the same roots

Latinmāter all →

matriarchmatriarchymadreporematri-matroclinousphycomater

Middle Englishmatere all →

matter

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