Etymograph

English

Madrid

Madrid comes from Spanish Madrid.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentMadrid
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2024same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentMadrid
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2024same form

Earliest quotation: 2024, Alana S. Portero, Bad Habit: “I usually walked home because I loved Madrid; I…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr ‘mother’

mother, mat, metra, 19 more

through Proto-Italic *mātēr ‘mother’

materiel, materia, 14 more

through Latin māter ‘mother’

matter, material, maternal, maternity, mater, matron, 15 more

through Latin matrix ‘mother or womb 􂀿of rivers􂁀’

matrix, 3 more

Today it means

name The capital city of Spain.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Spanish Madrid / Madrid

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