Where does “matriarchaat” come from?

matriarchaat (Dutch) comes from Dutch -aat, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

matriarchaat (Dutch): matriarchy

Definitions

  1. matriarchy

Ancestry of “matriarchaat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutch-aat-ate
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Dutch -aat →
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