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amitate

[ am-i-teyt, -tit ]

noun

, Anthropology.
  1. a close social relationship between a paternal aunt and her niece.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of amitate1

< Latin amit ( a ) paternal aunt + -ate 3

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Amitābhaamitosis