| Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
|---|
| English |
| English | matronymic, metronymic | (re:) maternal ancestor's name | adj | AHD LRC |
| English | matriclinous | having maternal hereditary traits | adj | AHD LRC |
| English | Demeter | goddess of fertility (Greek mythology) | prop.n | LRC |
| English | endometrium | membrane lining mammalian mother's uterus | n | TLL LRC |
| English | gammer | godmother, grandmother, old woman | n | OED LRC |
| English | godmother | woman who sponsors child at baptism | n | W7 LRC |
| English | grandmother | parent's mother; ancestress | n | LRC |
| English | madrepore | stony reef-building coral of tropical seas | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | material | re: matter, physical substance | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | maternal | motherly, re: mother | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | maternity | motherhood | n | AHD LRC |
| English | matriculate | to enroll as member, esp. of college | vb | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | matrimony | marriage, union of man/woman as husband/wife | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | matrix | intercellular substance of tissue | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | matron | married woman | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | matter | subject under consideration | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | mother | female parent | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| British English | mater | mother | n | AHD LRC |
| Old English | mōdor | mother | n.fem | W7 ASD LRC |
| Middle English | matere | matter | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | materiel | material | adj | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | maternal | maternal | adj | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | matrimony | matrimony | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | matrone | matron | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | moder | mother | n | W7 LRC |
| Celtic |
| Old Irish | máthir | mother | n | LRC |
| West Germanic |
| Old Frisian | mōder | mother | n | ASD LRC |
| Dutch | moeder | mother | n | TLL LRC |
| Old Saxon | mōdar | mother | n | ASD LRC |
| Old High German | mouter, muotar | mother | n | W7 ASD LRC |
| German | Mutter | mother | n.fem | LRC |
| North Germanic |
| Old Norse | móðir | mother | n.fem | LRC |
| Icelandic | móðir | mother | n | ASD LRC |
| Danish | moder | mother | n | TLL LRC |
| Swedish | moder | mother | n | TLL LRC |
| Swedish | mor | mother | n | TLL LRC |
| Italic |
| Latin | Demeter | Demeter | prop.n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Latin | mater, matris | mother | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Latin | materia, materiae | matter, physical substance | n.fem | LRC |
| Latin | maternus | of a mother | adj | W7 LRC |
| Latin | matrimonium, matrimoni | marriage | n.neut | LRC |
| Latin | matrona | wife, married woman, mother | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Late Latin | materialis | material, touchable | adj | W7 LRC |
| Late Latin | matricula | public roll | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Late Latin | matrix, matricis | list, womb | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Medieval Latin | matriculo, matriculare, matriculavi, matriculatus | to matriculate | vb | W7 LRC |
| Old French | matere | matter, physical substance | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Middle French | materiel | material | adj | W7 LRC |
| Middle French | maternel | maternal | adj | W7 LRC |
| Middle French | matremoine | matrimony, marriage | n.masc | W7 LRC |
| Middle French | matrone | wife, married woman, mother | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| French | madrépore | madrepore | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Italian | madre | mother | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Italian | madrepora | madrepore | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Balto-Slavic |
| Old Church Slavonic | mati | mother | n.fem | LRC |
| Hellenic |
| Doric | μάτηρ | mother | n.fem | IEW LRC |
| Homeric Greek | Δημήτηρ | Demeter | prop.n.fem | IEW LRC |
| Greek | μήτηρ | mother | n.fem | LRC |
| Armenian |
| Armenian | mayr | mother | n | LRC |
| Indo-Iranian |
| Avestan | mātar- | mother | n | LRC |
| Sanskrit | mātṛ | mother | n | W7 LRC |
| Tocharian |
| Tocharian A | mācar | mother | n | LRC |