Where does “mare” come from?

mare (Catalan) comes from Latin mater, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

mare (Catalan): mother

Definitions

  1. mother

Ancestry of “mare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmatermother; matron of a house; honorific title
2Proto-Italicmātērmother
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “mare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic mātēr →Every word from Latin mater →
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