matrigna
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin mātrīnea, from māter (“mother”) + -īneus (“relative suffix”). Compare Late Latin mātrīna (“stepmother, godmother”); alternatively from Late Latin mātrigna, after the model of prīvignus (“stepson”).
Noun
matrigna f (plural matrigne)
- stepmother
- Antonym: patrigno
Related terms
See also
- figliastro (“stepson, stepchild”)
- patrigno