Etymology of the English word mother
the English word
motherderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*mothærderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*māter- (mother)
Derivations in English
housemother,
motherfucker,
mothering,
motherland,
grandmother,
motherboard,
motheredCognates
Catalan
_mod, Catalan
paor, Dutch
moeder, French
mère, French
labourer, French
largesse, French
peur, German
Mutter, Icelandic
módir, Italian
larghezza, Italian
lavorare, Italian
madre, Italian
mero, Portuguese
pavor, Provençal
laborar, Provençal
pavor, Spanish
mero, Spanish
largueza, Spanish
madre, Spanish
pavor, Swedish
moderUsage
Word found in Modern English
