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MATERNAL
parental, maternal, paternal
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; “parental guidance”
maternal
(adjective) characteristic of a mother; “warm maternal affection for her guest”- Dorothy Sayers
enate, enatic, maternal
(adjective) related on the mother’s side; “my maternal grandmother”
maternal
(adjective) relating to or derived from one’s mother; “maternal genes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
maternal (comparative more maternal, superlative most maternal)
Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.
Antonyms: fatherly, paternal
Related through the mother, or her side of the family.
Antonym: paternal
(anatomy, medicine) Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.
Antonyms: fetal, foetal
Coordinate terms
• avuncular (“relating to an uncle”)
• filial (“relating to a daughter or son”)
• fraternal (“relating to a brother”)
• marital (“relating to a husband”) (obsolete)
• materteral, materterine (“relating to an aunt”)
• nepotal (“relating to a nephew”)
• parental (“relating to a parent”)
• sororal (“relating to a sister”)
• uxorial (“relating to a wife”)
Noun
maternal (plural maternals) (rare)
(dated, informal) A mother.
A person related through the mother, or her side of the family; a maternal relative.
Anagrams
• Alterman
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*ter"nal, a. Etym: [F. maternel, L. maternus, fr. mater mother. See Mother.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.
Syn.
– See Motherly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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