motherly

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.

Adv

In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a mother.

Sinonieme

maternal

motherlike

maternally

mother

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parental

uterine

maternalistic

maternity

paternal

fatherly

Vertalings

materno

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mütterlich

maternel

μητρικός

maternal

materno

moederlijk

maternus

materno

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أمي

maternal

maternal

matern

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmʌðəli/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: moderly

Geërf van Old English: mōdorlīċ

In summary

From Middle English moderly, from Old English mōdorlīċ (“motherly, maternal”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (“motherly, maternal”), equivalent to mother + -ly.