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.

Case 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
  • North Italian:
    • Ligurian: moigna
    • Piedmontese: marigna
    • Romansch: madrinna
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: marrêna, marêna, marinna
    • Old French: marrine, marine
      • Middle French: marrine, marine
  • Occitano-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

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