enate

[ ee-neyt ]

noun
  1. a person related on one's mother's side.: Compare agnate, cognate.

adjective
  1. Also e·nat·ic [ee-nat-ik]. /iˈnæt ɪk/. related on one's mother's side.

Origin of enate

1
<Latin ēnātus, past participle of ēnāscī to issue forth, be born

Words Nearby enate

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

British Dictionary definitions for enate

enate

/ (ˈiːneɪt) /


adjectiveAlso: enatic (iːˈnætɪk)
  1. biology growing out or outwards

  2. related on the side of the mother

noun
  1. a relative on the mother's side

Origin of enate

1
C17: from Latin ēnātus, from ēnāscī to be born from, from nāscī to be born

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012