Morpheme
Mother
Type
free base
Denotation
female parent
Etymology
Middle English moder; Old English mōdor
Evidence
allomother, eldmother, foremother, godmother, grandmother, housemother, mismother, mother, 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
mother, mater, matrix, and mata are doublets
Doublet
Mat(e)r
