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Where does “mā́tēr” come from?

mā́tēr (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

mā́tēr (Proto-Hellenic): mother

Definitions

  1. mother

Ancestry of “mā́tēr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “mā́tēr”

  • May
  • metropolitan
  • metropolis
  • metro
  • Demeter
  • Maia
  • Mya
  • metropole
  • Dimitris
  • nonmetropolitan
  • metritis
  • mayfly
  • Dimitra
  • metrorrhagia
  • nonmetro
  • MetroCard
  • parametritis
  • metroplasty
  • mayweed
  • metropolitanism
  • metropolitanate
  • metrocentric
  • Myah
  • metromania
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