Etymograph

English

materterine

Materterine comes from Latin mātertera ‘maternal aunt’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmātertera‘maternal aunt’
  2. Englishtodaymaterterine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmātertera‘maternal aunt’
  2. Englishtodaymaterterine

The story

Learned borrowing from Latin mātertera (‘maternal aunt’), + from -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). Mātertera is derived from māter (‘mother’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (‘mother’)) + ‑tera (feminine form of ‑ter (suffix forming nouns).

Every English word from Latin mātertera

Today it means

adj Synonym of materteral (“of or relating to, or in the manner of, an aunt”)

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Etymograph / Latin mātertera / materterine

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