mother
/ˈmʌðər/·머더·noun
a female parent
Old EnglishCEFR A1
Root
Proto-Indo-European '*méh2tēr' (mother)
PIE *méh2tēr → Proto-Germanic *mōdēr → Old English mōdor → Modern mother
In a word
PIE *méh2tēr. Sanskrit mātar, Latin mater, Greek mētēr, English mother, and the near-universal mama sound. Among humanity's oldest words. Linguists trace it to the first "m" a baby manages to make.
Examples
My mother is a doctor.
A mother's love is endless.
She became a mother last spring.
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