Alma-mater
‘nurturing mother’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Lat. almus ‘nourishing’ < alere ‘to nourish, rear, support, maintain’ + māter ‘mother’ < al < al- < Tamil al
Alma-mater
Alma-mater
‘nurturing mother’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Lat. almus ‘nourishing’ < alere ‘to nourish, rear, support, maintain’ + māter ‘mother’ < al < al- < Tamil al