Where does “maternelle” come from?

maternelle (French) comes from French maternel, from Latin māternus, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

maternelle (French): feminine singular of maternel; nursery school,...

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of maternel; nursery school,...

Ancestry of “maternelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmaternelmaternal; native
2Latinmāternusof or pertaining to a mother, maternal
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “maternelle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin māternus →