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motherhood

mo·ther·hood

Today it means: The state of being a mother. Full definition →

Middle English moderhode

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Middle English · inherited frommoderhode
English todaymotherhood

From Middle English moderhode, moderhede, equivalent to mother + -hood.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.