matrina

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mātr- +‎ -īna. First attested in 753 CE.[1]

Noun

mātrīna f (genitive mātrīnae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. godmother
    Synonym: patrīna

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative matrīna matrīnae
genitive matrīnae matrīnārum
dative matrīnae matrīnīs
accusative matrīnam matrīnās
ablative matrīnā matrīnīs
vocative matrīna matrīnae

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: madrina
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Romansch: madrinna
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Ligurian: moigna
    • Piedmontese: marigna
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: marrêna, marêna, marinna
    • Old French: marrine, marine
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “matrīna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 500
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