English
materfamilias
Materfamilias comes from Latin māter familiās ‘mother of the household’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmāter familiās‘mother of the household’
- Englishearliest quotation 1903materfamilias
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmāter familiās‘mother of the household’
- Englishearliest quotation 1903materfamilias
Earliest quotation: 1903, Luigi Villari, Italian Life in Town and Country: “The materfamilias and her daughters do a good deal…”
Every English word from Latin māter familiās
Today it means
noun The female head of a household.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin māter familiās / materfamilias