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noun
The condition of being matrilineal
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
matrilineage
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh2tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin māterder. English matri- English lineal English matrilineal Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English matrilineality From matrilineal + -ity.
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