Dura Mater Definition

Origin of Dura Mater

• Middle English from Medieval Latin dūra māter (cerebrī) hard mother (of the brain), dura mater (translation of Arabic ’umm ad-dimāġ aṭ-ṭāfigah the dense mother of the brain, matrix of the brain) Latin dūra feminine of dūrus hard duramen Latin māter mother mater

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• First attested circa 1400, from Medieval Latin dura mater cerebri hard mother of the brain, a loan translation of Arabic umm al-dimagh as-safigah, literally thick mother of the brain, matrix of the brain.

  From Wiktionary