enate
enate · enates
A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the familyA relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
Meaning
2 sensesA relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
A great-grandmother is an enate if she is your mother’s mother's mother.
Any maternal female relative.
More definitions
- one related on the mother's side
Origin
From Latin ēnātus.From Latin ēnātus.
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Forms
plural: enatesSynonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- one related on the mother's side:matrikinmatrilineal kinmatrisibmatrilineal sib