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Where does “μήτηρ” come from?

μήτηρ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic mā́tēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

μήτηρ (Ancient Greek): mother; source or origin

Definitions

  1. mother; source or origin

Ancestry of “μήτηρ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenicmā́tērmother
2Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “μήτηρ”

  • May
  • metropolitan
  • metropolis
  • metro
  • Demeter
  • Maia
  • Mya
  • metropole
  • Dimitris
  • nonmetropolitan
  • metritis
  • mayfly
  • Dimitra
  • metrorrhagia
  • nonmetro
  • MetroCard
  • parametritis
  • metroplasty
  • mayweed
  • metropolitanism
  • metropolitanate
  • metrocentric
  • Myah
  • metromania
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →