Etymology

materterine

mat·er·ter·ine
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Today it means: Synonym of materteral (“of or relating to, or in the manner of, an aunt”) Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*méh₂tēr“mother”
  2. English todaymaterterine

From Latin mātertera (“maternal aunt”) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). Mātertera is derived from māter (“mother”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”)) + ‑tera (feminine form of ‑ter (suffix forming nouns).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*méh₂tēr all →

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