littermate

littermate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.
Latin lectus
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Latin -āria
Late Latin lectuāria
Old French litiere
Anglo-Norman literebor.
Middle English litere
English litter
English -mate
English littermate

    From litter + -mate.

    Noun

    littermate (plural littermates)

    1. An animal born in the same litter.
      Newborn puppies should not be separated from their mother and littermates.

    Hypernyms

    Translations

    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.