Where does “māternus” come from?

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

māternus (Latin): of or pertaining to a mother, maternal

Definitions

  1. of or pertaining to a mother, maternal

Ancestry of “māternus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-nus-an
2Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “māternus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Proto-Italic -nos →