As today is Mother’s Day in many countries around the world, though not here in the UK, we are looking at the origins of the word mother. Mother comes from the Middle English moder [ˈmoːdər/ˈmoːðər], from the Old English mōdor [ˈmoː.dor], from the Proto-Germanic *mōdēr [ˈmɔː.ðɛːr], from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr [source]. Words for mother in most […]