patrigno
Italian
Alternative forms
- padrigno
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin *patrignus < Latin pater, or with the suffix -ineus added.
Noun
patrigno m (plural patrigni)
- stepfather
- Antonym: matrigna
Related terms
- padre
See also
- figliastro (“stepson, stepchild”)
- matrigna (“stepmother”)