Mother

Morpheme

Mother

Type

free base

Denotation

female parent

Etymology

Middle English moder; Old English mōdor

Evidence

allomother, eldmother, foremother, godmother, grandmother, housemother, mismother, motherboard, motherdom, mothered, motherer, motherese, motherful, motherhood, motherhouse, mothering, motherish, motherism, motherland, motherlike, motherload, motherly, mothers, mothersome, motherward, motherwort, mothery, nonmother, othermother, overmother, stepmother

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable

See Also

Mat(e)r, Mom