History Of The Word Mother - Irish máthair, tocharian a mācar, b mācer, lithuanian mótė). The female parent of a human being; Web senses relating to human beings and animals. (also, in extended use) a woman who undertakes the responsibilities of a parent towards a child, esp. A woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth; Web 1610s, quality or condition of being a mother, from french maternité motherhood (15c.), from medieval latin maternitatem (nominative maternitas) motherhood, from latin māternus of a mother, from māter mother (see mother (n.1)).
Web 1610s, quality or condition of being a mother, from french maternité motherhood (15c.), from medieval latin maternitatem (nominative maternitas) motherhood, from latin māternus of a mother, from māter mother (see mother (n.1)). Web senses relating to human beings and animals. Irish máthair, tocharian a mācar, b mācer, lithuanian mótė). (also, in extended use) a woman who undertakes the responsibilities of a parent towards a child, esp. A woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth; The female parent of a human being;