matrilineal

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Tracing descent only through female ancestors. not-comparable
    — Kerala traditionally has matrilineal inheritance.

词汇关系

反义词
patrilineal

词源

Etymology 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.
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