Motherhood is the state of being a mother. The demands of motherhood, single motherhood, motherhood and career.
The motherhood penalty is the measured drop in a woman's earnings after a first child, which does not happen to fathers — one of the clearest and best-documented findings in labour economics. Motherhood and apple pie means something nobody can argue against.
1nounmotherhoodThe state of being a mother.
“She found motherhood exhausting but joyful after her first baby was born.”
motherhood is a state.
Mother plus -hood, an old ending meaning state or condition, as in childhood and knighthood.
Middle English
moderhode
English, today
motherhood
From Middle English moderhode, moderhede, equivalent to mother + hood.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA