enate

Meanings

Noun

• A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
• Any maternal female relative.

Adjective

• Related to someone by female connections.
• Related on the maternal side of the family.
• Having identical grammatical structure (but with elements that are semantically different).
• Growing out.

Related

Similar words

• enatic

Opposite words

• agnate

Origin

• From Latin ēnātus.