adjective

materterine

mat·er·ter·ine

materterine · more materterine · most materterine

Synonym of materteralSynonym of materteral (“of or relating to, or in the manner of, an aunt”)

UK/məˈtɜːtəɹaɪn/US/məˈtɜɹtəˌɹaɪn/

Meaning

1 senses

(humorous, rare)Synonym of materteral (“of or relating to, or in the manner of, an aunt”)

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin mātertera (“maternal aunt”), + from -ine (suffix meaning ‘of

Learned borrowing from Latin mātertera (“maternal aunt”), + from -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). Mātertera is derived from māter (“mother”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”)) + ‑tera (feminine form of ‑ter (suffix forming nouns).

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