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mothership en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *mōdēr Proto-West Germanic *mōder Old English mōdor Middle English moder English mother Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship English mothership From mother + ship.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of mother ship.
   alt of mother ship

Forms

Relateds

mothercraft

mothership en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English modership, equivalent to mother + -ship.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state of being a mother.
   • How did Solomon decide a question of mothership? 1916, Charles Augustus Shook, The Gist of the Bible: A Complete Handbook for Class and Home Study, page 222:
   • At present only the pride of mothership was apparent 1913, Susie Colyer Nethersole, Wilsam, page 357:
   • but with her mothership she puts on a lion's heart 1884, Francis de Sales, chapter XIV, in Henry Benedict McKay, transl., Treatise on the Love of God, page 101:

Synonyms

motherhood