enate
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enate
Where it comes from
From Latin ēnātus.
noun enates
- 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.
Opposite: agnate
adjective more enate · most enate
- 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.
Similar: enatic
Thesaurus
noun
Opposite: agnate
adjective
Similar: enatic
Talk about this word "enate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/enate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. enate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/enate "enate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/enate.Cite this
@misc{enate_2026,
title = {enate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/enate},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
