Etymology

matrescence

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Today it means: The process of becoming (and coming to inhabit the role of) a mother. Full definition →

Latin mātrēscēns
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  1. Latin · derived frommātrēscēns
  2. English todaymatrescence

Ultimately from Latin mātrēscēns, mātrēscō (“to become a mother”).

Words from the same roots

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