English

maternalisation

From maternal + -isation.

Formed from maternal + -isation

Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr ‘mother’

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Latin māter ‘mother’

Latin māternus ‘of or pertaining to a mother, maternal’

Middle French maternel

Middle English maternal

Today it means

noun —

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / maternalisation