Etymograph

English

madrina

Madrina comes from Spanish madrina ‘euphemistic form of madriza’, from Latin īna ‘a thin fibre in paper’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr ‘mother’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méh₂tēr‘mother’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mātēr‘mother’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmātr
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīna‘a thin fibre in paper’
  5. Early Medieval Latinmodernmātrīna
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentmadrina‘euphemistic form of madriza’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méh₂tēr‘mother’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mātēr‘mother’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmātr
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīna‘a thin fibre in paper’
  5. Early Medieval Latinmodernmātrīna
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentmadrina‘euphemistic form of madriza’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr ‘mother’

mother, mat, metra, 18 more

through Proto-Italic *mātēr ‘mother’

matter, material, matrix, maternity, maternal, matron, materiel, materia, 13 more

Today it means

noun An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr / madrina

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