enate.
A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
Meaning & usage
A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
A great-grandmother is an enate if she is your mother’s mother's mother.
Any maternal female relative.
Where this word comes from
From Latin ēnātus.
Related to someone by female connections.
Related on the maternal side of the family.
Having identical grammatical structure (but with elements that are semantically different).
Growing out.
Where this word comes from
From Latin ēnātus.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.