Where does “mares” come from?

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

mares (Catalan): plural of mare

Definitions

  1. plural of mare

Ancestry of “mares”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmaremother
2Latinmatermother; matron of a house; honorific title
3Proto-Italicmātērmother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic mātēr →Every word from Latin mater →
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