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From: "Joan Rooney" <>
Subject: Re: [LAN] Familial terminology - talking of aunts, weren't we?
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:23:49 -0500
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I understand that now the term materteral refers to all aunts.

The list below has Aval as meaning referring to grandparents, but I
havenn't seen that one elsewhere
http://phrontistery.info/genitive.html

Joan

>
> My (admittedly small) Latin dictionary gives "matertera" as being a
> mother's
> sister or maternal aunt (- which is logical..), but "amita" as being a
> father's sister or paternal aunt (which is more obscure)
>
> BUT am I wrong in having the expectation that there should also be
> something
> like "patertera" for the other side of the family as well.....
>
> Regards
> Stephen
> ////
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joan Rooney" <>
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> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:09 PM
> Subject: [LAN] Familial terminology
>
>
>> For years I've wondered what would be the appropriate word to descibe
>> something "pertaining to an Aunt"-- as in paternal, maternal and
>> avuncular
>> etc.
>>
>> Well, I finally found it on a word list today.
>> Materteral (or materterine) means pertaining to an aunt - originally
>> latin
>> for a maternal aunt.
>>
>> Forgive me Lynn. I was bored and it is related to genealogy-haha
>>
>> Joan
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