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.

māternālis (Latin): Of or pertaining to a mother, maternal

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a mother, maternal

Ancestry of “māternālis”, step by step

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

Words derived from “māternālis”

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