Proto-Indo-European
*méh₂tēr
‘mother’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
29 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr, most familiar first.
- matter ← matere ← matere ← māteria ← māter
- mother ← moder ← mōdor ← *mōder ← *mōdēr
- material ← materiel ← māteriālis ← māteria ← māter
- matrix ← matris ← matrice ← māter ← *mātēr
- mat ← мат ← мать ← мати ← *mati
- maternal ← maternel ← māternus ← māter ← *mātēr
- maternity ← maternité ← māternitās ← māternus ← māter
- motherhood ← moderhede ← moder ← mōdor ← *mōder
- matron ← matrone ← matrone ← mātrōna ← māter
- materiel ← māteriālis ← māteria ← māter ← *mātēr
- materia ← māter ← *mātēr
- madrigal ← madrigale ← mātrīcālis ← mātrīx ← māter
More words from *méh₂tēr
- motherless
- metra
- mothered
- cummer
- mither
- matrice
- matrona
- madrina
- goomah
- matronymic
- matricula
- matriclinous
- matroclinous
- madrier
- metronym
- ninang
- phycomater
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr