maternal

• adj.母性的な; 母系的な; 母系に受け継がれる

ラテン語のmaturnus「母の」、mater「母」が語源。

maternal

maternal: [15] Maternal and maternity [17] are the central English representatives of the Romance-language branch of the great Indo- European ‘mother’ word-family. Both go back to Latin māter ‘mother’ (source of French mère and Italian and Spanish madre), whose derived adjective māternus reached English via Old French maternel. Other English words that come ultimately from māter include material and matter, matrix [16] (from which also come madrigal and matriculate [16], etymologically ‘enter on a matrix or list’), and matrimony [14].
=> mother

maternal (adj.)

late 15c., from Old French maternel (14c.), from Vulgar Latin *maternalis, from Latin maternus "maternal, of a mother," from mater "mother" (see mother (n.1)).

1. I didn 't have as strong a maternal instinct as some other mothers.

私は他の母親のように強い母性本能を持っていません。

2.She had little maternal instinct.

彼女は母性に欠けている。

3.Her feelings towards him were almost maternal .

彼女の彼に対する感情は母親に近い。

4.Her maternal grandfather was Mayor of Karachi.

彼女の祖父はカラチ市の市長です。

5.I 'm not very maternal .

私はあまり母に似ていません。