The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκλίνειν
- Latin · derived frommātr-
- English todaymatroclinous
From Latin mātr- + -o- + Ancient Greek κλίνειν (klínein) + -ous.
Words from the same roots
Latinmāter all →
matermatriarchmatriarchymadreporematri-phycomater
Ancient Greekκλίνειν all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.