Many of the words we use at present have long lost their original meaning, so the confusion in concepts continues to grow. The Russian language includes new expressions, the meanings of which few understand, let alone origin. For example, Motherlode. What? Let's try to parse the origin and turn to the origins of this concept.
The game
Motherlode, the translation of which we are going to consider, is not a holistic word or concept. This is generally rubbish made up of two halves. To introduce a definition of a given term, if you can call it that, you need to understand where it came from.
This set of letters (words) was first used in the computer game The Sims. Probably everyone knows what this game is. For those who are not in the know, it is worth explaining that this is a simulator of human life. You create a family, put it in a cozy house and live almost real life. Go to work, clean, cook, make repairs, do your hobbies, communicate and build relationships with other people. Motherlode - What is the Sims? This is a code giving a certain amount of money. He worked in the second and third parts and credited 50,000 of their dollars to the Sims account.
Parsed by words
Now, let's begin to analyze this word by meaning for those who want to get to the bottom of the word formation. If you try to use any translator, then by entering this term, you will not get anything. Therefore, we can only break it into simple components. For example, in Russian there is a word "tire fitting". Tires and mounting (mount). So motherlode - what is it?
As for mother, probably every person who has not even studied English at school knows the translation of this word: "mother", "mother". The most dear that everyone can have.
But with the word lode, everything is a little more complicated. It translates as "ore vein, deposit, deposit."
So it turns out that individually these words make sense, and together are complete nonsense.
Glue
But still. Motherlode - what is it? Based on the concepts we have found and their translation, we can draw some conclusions. Since lode is translated as "deposit", and this word, in turn, can be translated into English, like bank, deposit, the picture becomes much clearer.
Motherlode is, roughly speaking, a bank, a mother’s deposit account. Adapting this concept to the game and the Russian language, we can say that this phrase means a kind of inheritance or maternal capital, which you pass on to your children in the game using the code. That's all. It turned out that if you know at least a little English, then to parse an incomprehensible word formation is as simple as that.