GC: n
S: Oxford Academic – https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/18/10/2196/622680?login=true (last access: 20 April 2021); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1733290/pdf/v026p00404.pdf (last access: 20 April 2021).
N: 1. – surrogate (n): Early 15c., from Latin surrogatus, past participle of surrogare/subrogare “put in another’s place, substitute,” from assimilated form of sub “in the place of, under” + rogare “to ask, propose,” apparently a figurative use of a PIE verb meaning literally “to stretch out (the hand),” from root *reg- “move in a straight line.” Meaning “woman pregnant with the fertilized egg of another woman” is attested from 1978 (from 1972 of animals; surrogate mother in a psychological sense is from 1971). As an adjective from 1630s.
– mother (n): Meaning “female parent, a woman in relation to her child,” Middle English moder, from Old English modor, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr (source also of Old Saxon modar, Old Frisian moder, Old Norse moðir, Danish moder, Dutch moeder, Old High German muoter, German Mutter), from PIE *mater- “mother” (source also of Latin māter, Old Irish mathir, Lithuanian motė, Sanskrit matar-, Greek mētēr, Old Church Slavonic mati), “[b]ased ultimately on the baby-talk form *mā- (2); with the kinship term suffix *-ter-” [Watkins]. Spelling with -th- dates from early 16c., though that pronunciation is probably older. Sense of “that which has given birth to anything” is from late Old English.
2. A woman who becomes pregnant by assisted reproduction for the purpose of carrying the fetus to term for another person or persons.
3. There are two types of surrogacy:
- Traditional or straight surrogacy. It is when a surrogate mother uses her own egg fertilized by the intended father’s sperm. This is done by artificial insemination.
- Gestational or host IVF surrogacy. It is when the surrogate mother carries the intended parent’s genetic child conceived through IVF.
4. Cultural Interrelation:
- The Surrogate Mother (2025) written by .
S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=surrogate+mother (last access: 12 April 2021). 2. MW – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surrogate%20mother (last access: 14 April 2021). 3. TANDF – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01443610701194788?journalCode=ijog20 (last access: 14 April 2021). 4. Amazon (last access: 1 August 2025).
SYN: surrogate
S: TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=surrogacy&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 14 April 2021).
CR: carrier
