Mother
Mother painting
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===Etymology=== |
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[[File:Մայր Հայաստան հուշարձան.jpg|thumb|right|Statue of [[Mother Armenia]], aerial view in [[Yerevan]]]] |
[[File:Մայր Հայաստան հուշարձան.jpg|thumb|right|Statue of [[Mother Armenia]], aerial view in [[Yerevan]]]] |
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[[File:Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida - Mother - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Mother (painting)|Mother]]'' (1895) by [[Joaquín Sorolla]]]] |
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The modern English word is from Middle English {{Lang|enm|moder}}, from Old English {{Lang|ang|mōdor}}, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr (cf. East Frisian muur, Dutch {{Lang|nl|moeder}}, German {{Lang|de|Mutter}}), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (cf. Irish máthair, Tocharian A mācar, B mācer, Lithuanian mótė). Other cognates include Latin {{Lang|la|māter}}, Greek μήτηρ, Common Slavic *mati (thence Russian мать (mat')), Persian {{Lang|fa|مادر}} ({{Lang|fa-Latn|madar}}), and Sanskrit {{Lang|sa|मातृ}} ({{Lang|sa-Latn|mātṛ}}). |
The modern English word is from Middle English {{Lang|enm|moder}}, from Old English {{Lang|ang|mōdor}}, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr (cf. East Frisian muur, Dutch {{Lang|nl|moeder}}, German {{Lang|de|Mutter}}), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (cf. Irish máthair, Tocharian A mācar, B mācer, Lithuanian mótė). Other cognates include Latin {{Lang|la|māter}}, Greek μήτηρ, Common Slavic *mati (thence Russian мать (mat')), Persian {{Lang|fa|مادر}} ({{Lang|fa-Latn|madar}}), and Sanskrit {{Lang|sa|मातृ}} ({{Lang|sa-Latn|mātṛ}}). |
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