m 3 a 1 t 1 r 1 i 1 l 1 i 1 n 1 e 1 a 1 l 1
11 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective based on or tracing descent through the female line
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin māterder. English matri- English lineal English matrilineal From matri- + lineal. Coined by British government anthropologist Northcote Whitridge Thomas in 1904 along with patrilineal.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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