maternity的词源

英文词源

maternity (n.)

1610s, "quality or condition of being a mother," from French maternité "motherhood" (15c.), from Medieval Latin maternitatem (nominative maternitas) "motherhood," from Latin maternus (see maternal). Used from 1893 as a quasi-adjective in reference to garments designed for pregnant women.

中文词源

maternity：母亲身份，怀孕

来自maternal,母亲的，-ity,名词后缀。比喻用法。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：maternity 词源，maternity 含义。

maternity：母性，为母之道；产科医院  

来源于拉丁语中mater(母亲)派生的matern.us,经法语maternite派生了英语matern.ity。

词根词缀： matern(-mater-)母 + -ity名词词尾