Where does “vicemadre” come from?

vicemadre (Italian) comes from Italian madre, from Latin mātrem, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

vicemadre (Italian): foster mother

Definitions

  1. foster mother

Ancestry of “vicemadre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmadremother; that constitutes the origin of subsequent...
2Latinmātrem—
3Proto-Italicmātērmother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic mātēr →Every word from Latin mātrem →