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Maternal

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means relating to a mother, or characteristic of a mother's care
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Stage 1 of 2
maternus
Latin · ancient
"relating to a mother"
relating to a mother, from mater (mother)
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Stage 2 of 2
maternal
English · 1400s
"relating to a mother, or motherly"
settled as the English word for relating to a mother
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