MOTHER  , the See also:

• TERM

term for the See also:

• FEMALE

female See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent of a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child . The word, like See also:

• FATHER

father, is See also:

• COMMON

common to Indo-See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf. in See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic languages, Ger . Mutter, Du. moeder, Swed. and See also:

• DAN

Dan. moder; See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic is the exception in Teutonic languages, the word being aithei, cf. See also:

• ATTA, TITUS QUINCTIUS

atta, father; from See also:

• LAT

Lat. mater come, in Romanic, Fr. See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere, Ital., Span. and See also:

• PORT

Port., madre . See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek has µ'rqp, (See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic and Ionic), µargp (Doric) . The See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian word is See also:

• MAT (O. Eng. meatt, from late Lat. mattes, whence Ital. mallet, Ger. and Dan. matte, Du. mat, &c.)

mat . The Sansk. mata points to an See also:

• ORIGINAL

original derivation from a See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem ma, to measure, or make . Of the many transferred applications of " mother " may be mentioned those to the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, to nature, to the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, and to a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city or nation, as the parent of other cities, nations, colonies, &c . As a See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title " mother " is particularly applied to the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a religious community of See also:

• WOMEN

women . For " mother-of-See also:

• PEARL
• PEARL, THE

pearl " see PEARL . There is a particular application of " mother " to the scum which rises to the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of a liquor during the See also:

• PROCESS

process of See also:

• FERMENTATION

fermentation, and also to a See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of gummy stringy consistency formed in See also:

• VINEGAR

vinegar in the process of acetous fermentation, hence known as " mother of vinegar " (see VINEGAR) . This is usually, however, taken to be another word altogether, and connected with Du. modder, mud, mire .