maternal

maternal
\ \ [15] Maternal and maternity [17] are the central English representatives of the Romance-language branch of the great Indo- European ‘mother’ word-family. Both go back to Latin māter ‘mother’ (source of French mère and Italian and Spanish madre), whose derived adjective māternus reached English via Old French maternel. Other English words that come ultimately from māter include material and matter, matrix [16] (from which also come madrigal and matriculate [16], etymologically ‘enter on a matrix or list’), and matrimony [14].
\ \ Cf.⇒ MOTHER

Word origins - 2ed. . 2005.

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  • maternal — MATERNÁL, Ă, maternali, e, adj. (livr.) Matern. – Din fr. maternel. Trimis de claudia, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  maternál adj. m., pl. maternáli, f. sg. maternálă …   Dicționar Român

  • maternal — adjetivo 1. De la madre: amor maternal, instinto maternal, cuidados maternales. Sinónimo: materno. 2. Que es como si fuera de la madre: Mi tía me cuidó con amor maternal. La novia lo miraba con ojos maternales …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Maternal — Ma*ter nal, a. [F. maternel, L. maternus, fr. mater mother. See {Mother}.] Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness. [1913 Webster] Syn: See {Motherly}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • maternal — index consanguineous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 maternal adj. Having t …   Law dictionary

  • maternal — (adj.) late 15c., from O.Fr. maternel (14c.), from V.L. *maternalis, from L. maternus maternal, of a mother, from mater mother (see MOTHER (Cf. mother) (n.1)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • maternal — [mə tʉr′nəl] adj. [ME < MFr maternel < L maternus < mater, MOTHER1] 1. of, like, or characteristic of a mother or motherhood; motherly 2. derived, received, or inherited from a mother 3. related through the mother s side of the family… …   English World dictionary

  • Maternal — (von lat. maternus: mütterlich, der Mutter) ist ein Attribut, das die mütterliche Herkunft beschreibt. Der Begriff wird bei der Vererbung angewendet (bspw. maternale Ausprägung eines Gens, maternale Herkunft eines Allels). Die väterliche Herkunft …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • maternal — adj. 2 g. 1. Próprio de mãe. 2. Cheio de carinho, de desvelos. = AFETUOSO, CARINHOSO • Sinônimo geral: MATERNO   ‣ Etimologia: materno + al …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • maternal — adj. materno …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • maternal — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or characteristic of a mother. 2) related through the mother s side of the family. DERIVATIVES maternally adverb. ORIGIN French maternel, from Latin mater mother …   English terms dictionary

  • maternal — [[t]mətɜ͟ː(r)n(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Maternal is used to describe feelings or actions which are typical of those of a kind mother towards her child. She had little maternal instinct... Her feelings towards him were almost maternal. 2) …   English dictionary

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