< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/matrana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Gallo-Romance) IPA(key): /maˈdɾana/
Noun
*mātrāna f (oblique *mātrāna)
- Alternative form of mātrīna (“godmother”) (with a change in suffix to -āna)
Descendants
- Franco-Provençal: maranna
- Old French: marrene, marraine
- French: marraine
- Lorrain: mouâraine
- Norman: mârraine
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “matrīna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 501