PIE *mater, 母、*ma, ma, paediatric から。語源的には maternal, matron.-ter と同じで、親族関係を表す。glottalisedと表記される。
母親の破滅
比喩的用法。
英語の語源
mother
mother: [OE] The ancestral Indo-European word for ‘mother’ was *māter-, which has descendants in virtually all the modern European languages. It was probably based on the syllable ma, suggested by the burbling of a suckling baby, which also lies behind English mama, mamma (and indeed mammal). Amongst its immediate descendants were Latin māter (source of English madrigal, material, maternal, matrimony, matrix, matron, and matter) and Greek métēr (from which English gets metropolis).
In prehistoric Germanic it evolved to *mōthar-, which has differentiated to German mutter, Dutch moeder, Swedish and Danish moder, and English mother. => madrigal, mamma, mammal, material, maternal, matrimony, matrix, matron, matter, metropolis
mother (n.1)
Old English modor "female parent," from Proto-Germanic *moth?r (cognates: Old Saxon modar, Old Frisian moder, Old Norse moeir, Danish moder, Dutch moeder, Old High German muoter, German Mutter), from PIE *mater- "mother" (cognates: Latin mater, Old Irish mathir, Lithuanian mote, Sanskrit matar-, Greek meter, Old Church Slavonic mati), "[b]ased ultimately on the baby-talk form *mā- (2); with the kinship term suffix *-ter-" [Watkins]. Spelling with -th- dates from early 16c., though that pronunciation is probably older (see father (n.)).
Mother nature first attested c. 1600; mother earth is from 1580s. Mother tongue "one's native language" first attested late 14c. Mother of all ________ 1991, is Gulf War slang, from Saddam Hussein's use in reference to the coming battle; it is an Arabic idiom (as well as an English one), for instance Ayesha, second wife of Muhammad, is known as Mother of Believers. Mother Carey's chickens is late 18c. sailors' nickname for storm petrels, or for snowflakes. Mother lode attested by c. 1882, from mining [1849].
mother (v.)
1540s, "to be the mother of," from mother (n.1). Meaning "to take care of" is from 1863. Related: Mothered; mothering.
mother (n.2)
"a thick substance concreting in liquors; the lees or scum concreted" [Johnson], probably from Middle Dutch modder "filth, dregs," from PIE *meu- (see mud).
例文
1. Mrs Allen 's style of cooking owes much to her mother -in-law.
エレン夫人の料理スタイルは姑に大きく受け継がれている。
2.Did she usurp his place in his mother 's heart？
彼女は彼の母親の心の中での地位に取って代わったのだろうか。
3.The desire to be a mother may creep up on you unexpectedly.
あなたは知らずのうちに母親になりたいという渇望を抱くことができます。
4.The mother provides the embroyo with nourishment and a place to grow.
母親は胎児に栄養と成長の空間を提供している。
5.It is the mother who is expected to reorganize her busy schedule.