Where does “մայրպետ” come from?

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

մայրպետ (Old Armenian): abbess, Mother Superior

Definitions

  1. abbess, Mother Superior

Ancestry of “մայրպետ”, step by step

մայրպետ 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
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