Etymology

materfamilias

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Today it means: The female head of a household. Full definition →

Latin māter familiās
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  1. Latin · borrowed frommāter familiās“mother of the household”
  2. English todaymaterfamilias

From Latin māter familiās (“mother of the household”).

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