matriline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A line of descent from a female ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are mothers.

matriline matrilines

Borrowed from Latin mater (“mother”) + linea (“line”). By surface analysis, matri- + line.

motherline mother's line

patriline

matrilineal matrilineally

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