matrina

Latin

Alternative forms

*mātrāna

Etymology

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

Noun

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

godmother
Synonym: patrīna

Coordinate terms

patrīnus

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: madrina
North Italian:
- Ligurian: moigna
- Piedmontese: marigna
- Romansch: madrinna
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: marrine, marine
  - Middle French: marrine, marine
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: madrina
- Occitan: mairina
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: madrina
- Old Portuguese: madrỹa
  - Galician: madriña
  - Portuguese: madrinha
- Spanish: madrina

References

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

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