Etymology of the English word maternalize
the English word
maternalizederived from the English word
maternalderived from the Old French word
maternelderived from the Medieval Latin word
maternalisderived from the Latin word
maternus (maternal, motherly, of a mother)
derived from the Late Latin word
mater (mother; mother, foster mother; lady)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*māter- (mother)
using the English suffix
-izederived from the Old French suffix
-iserderived from the Latin suffix
-izarederived from the Greek suffix
-izein, -ίζειν
Usage
Word found in Modern English
