Where does “māternālis” come from?
māternālis (Latin) comes from Latin māternus, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
Ancestry of “māternālis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | māternus | — |
| 2 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |