Etymology

matri-

Today it means: mother Full definition →

Latin māter ← Proto-Italic *mātēr ← Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*méh₂tēr
  2. Proto-Italic*mātēr
  3. Latinmāter
  4. English todaymatri-

From Latin māter.

Words from the same roots

Latinmāter all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.