m 3 o 1 t 1 h 4 e 1 r 1 l 1 i 1 n 1 e 1 s 1 s 1
12 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
originEtymology tree English motherly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English motherliness From motherly + -ness.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- homeliness 15
- horsemints 15
- motherless 15
- shtreimels 15
- erethisms 14
- helotisms 14
- homeliest 14
- homesites 14
- horsemint 14
- intermesh 14
- isotherms 14
- lithesome 14