English · noun

mother

‘female parent’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
mother
mother
French
mère
mère
Hindi
माताmātā
माता
Telugu
అమ్మamma
అమ్మ
Tamil
அம்மாammā
அம்மா
  • motherEnglish⟷mèreFrench· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • motherEnglish⟷माताHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • mèreFrench⟷माताHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • அம்மாTamil⟷అమ్మTelugu· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor

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  1. 01mother is an English noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('female parent') can be approximated as SOMEONE in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03mother is inherited from Old English mōdor ‘mother’ (confidence 0.95).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:mother-oe-en0.95
    • sourceoed0.95
  4. 04माता is cognate with en mother (confidence 0.85).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:mother-cog0.85
    • sourcewatkins0.85
  5. 05mother is cognate with fr mère (confidence 0.85).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:mother-cog-fr-en0.85
    • sourcewatkins0.85
  6. 06Aligned forms: French mère (cognate); Hindi माता (mātā) (cognate); Tamil அம்மா (ammā) (translation equivalent); Telugu అమ్మ (amma) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. mōdorOld English— inherited →mother accepted
    oed0.95
  2. motherEnglish— cognate →माता accepted
    watkins0.85
  3. mèreFrench— cognate →mother accepted
    watkins0.85