Where does “մայրապետ” come from?

մայրապետ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian պետ, from Parthian pet.

մայրապետ (Old Armenian): Alternative form of մայրպետ

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of մայրպետ

Ancestry of “մայրապետ”, step by step

մայրապետ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian պետ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianպետchief, commander; beginning
2Parthianpet—

via Old Armenian մայր

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianմայրmother; mother, author, cause, source, spring,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “մայրապետ”

Every word from Parthian pet →Every word from Old Armenian պետ →
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