patrinus
Latin
Etymology
From patr- (“father”) + -īnus. First attested in the eighth century CE.[1]
Noun
patrinus m (genitive patrinī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)
- godfather
- ⟦№⟧ 125 ⟦Infans⟧ Maria Barbara ⟦Parentes⟧ Jacob Borer et Anna Maria Krumackheri ⟦Patrini⟧ Jacob Baschung et Barbara Borere. ⟦Annus et dies⟧ 13. 8b[ris] 1733. ⟦Locus⟧ Parentes ex Castel patrinus ex Melti[n]g[en] Mühle matrina ex Breitenbach [2]
Coordinate terms
- mātrīna
Derived terms
- patrīna
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: padrino
- Sicilian: parrinu
- → Maltese: parrinu
- North Italian:
- Emilian: padren
- Ligurian: poin, poen
- Romansch: padrin, padrign
- Gallo-Romance:
- French: parrain, parrein, parrin
- Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: padrí
- Occitan: pairin
- Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: padrín
- Old Portuguese: padrỹo
- Galician: padriño
- Portuguese: padrinho
- Spanish: padrino
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 35: “il padrino” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “patrīnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 23
- Switzerland, Solothurn State Archive, parish book 257 Rohr-Breitenbach 1729–1797, page 029, entry 01 (christening № 125 on 13 October 1733)