<span class="searchmatch">maternall</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">maternall</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">maternall</span>) Obsolete spelling of maternal. 1650, Edward Leigh, “To the Reverend, Pious, and Learned...
May 2020 The adjective is derived from Late Middle English maternal, <span class="searchmatch">maternall</span>, from Middle French maternel (“maternal”) (modern French maternel (“maternal;...